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What About Shani Davis?

> Bryant Gumbel is stirring it up once again. The subject this time? The Winter Olympics. The longtime sportscaster offered a withering critique of the Games on his HBO show 'Real Sports' recently. His complaints ranged from the lack of diversity among the athletes to the media'

SubGenius Member Loses Son

Alright, I can't verify whether any of this is true, but it's too odd not to mention. Quick background: Jeff is the father, trying to get custody or other rights with respect to his son, Kohl. The estranged mother is Rachel. Here's what Rachel

Role Reversal

> An Argentinian woman has been arrested for stabbing her husband because he did not have sex with her. > The 52-year-old, from Buenos Aires, stabbed her husband in the back but he was not seriously injured. > She told police she had spent the day trying to get him

Crunchy Cons

I hate the term "cruncy con." I don't know why, but it really grates on me. But Rod Dreher, the person who coined the phrase, probably lines up with me as closely as anyone. We're about the same age, we're both converts

PSA

Blogging will be light today. My bronchitis knocked me on my back yesterday, and now I'm behind the eight ball. I'm feeling better (though not great), but I have a pile of work to do. Incidentally, can anyone tell me: is bronchitis contagious and can it

The Paleolithic Diet

Yet another “new” diet [http://www.earth360.com/diet_paleodiet_balzer.html]: > The diet is usually referred to as the "Paleolithic Diet" referring to the Paleolithic or Stone Age era. It is also referred to as the "Stone Age Diet", "Cave Man Diet"

Brokeback Teens

From Townhall [http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/JennniferRobackMorse/2006/02/20/187136.html] : Â > The recent New York Times article [http://www.nymetro.com/news/features/15589/] on the Cuddle Puddle at Stuyvesant High School unwittingly undermines the legal strategy of the Gay Rights movement. Because the article

Bossin' the Bars

From Chicago [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-14-chicago-cameras_x.htm]: > Surveillance cameras – aimed at government buildings, train platforms and intersections here – might soon be required at corner taverns and swanky nightclubs.Â > Mayor Richard Daley wants to require bars open until 4 a.m. to install security

Odd Consumer News

A lamp that plays the 9/11 attack [http://www.voyantes.net/blog/?p=108]. A bit morbid, if you ask me.

Body Language

> The US military has funded a computer game to teach its troops how to use and decipher Iraqi body language. > The purpose is to teach soldiers that using the wrong gestures can potentially cause offence and escalate already tense situations. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/