I just found this political carton, Epic Transformation, and the other libertarian art of Scott Bieser, including his A Drug War Carol. Glad I did.

Google Advanced News Search is now available. Nice.

SBC to bundle satellite television with their phone and Internet services: "Under the deal, SBC and EchoStar will offer a co-branded version of the Dish Network to homes in SBC's 13-state service area, including California. The San Antonio company, the nation's second-largest phone company, also will invest $500 million in EchoStar."

The swimming pool as you know it is no more, and the childhood rite of passage will never be the same: "This is a significant tragedy. This is yet another shift in our increasingly panicky and trepidatious culture toward further sanitizing the world, stripping it of all edge and menace and wonder and vital rites of passage and what's next, the end of lawn darts? The demise of the wicked-cool playground, full of looming monkey bars and dramatic swing sets and huge metal slides? The end of the manual-clutch transmission, fer chrissakes? Whoops, too late."

LoydSchutte: "I've come to the conclusion the only thing the internet is good for is tests. Everyone has a test. Personality Tests. Perfect mate tests. I hate my mother tests. You name it, there's a test for it."

Pre-Friday fun: My Bloginality is INTP. Hmm?

Call me dense, but I just realized what the title of Steve Pilgrim's weblog means. Rodent = Rat. Regatta = Race. My goodness. I can't belive how dimwitted I am sometimes.

Userland has finally gotten Trackback to work. Nice.

Behold, my new driveway. Still to do: Get rid of that big pile right in the middle and neaten up the edges.

8 Killed as Car Plows Through Market: "A car barreled through a crowded farmers market near the Santa Monica Promenade at about 2 p.m. today, leaving eight dead and more than 45 injured, according to Santa Monica police. [...] Police Chief James Butts said that at least eight people were killed, including a 3-year-old girl. An additional 15 people were critically injured and about 30 were reported with minor to moderate injuries."