When Food Attacks! "A gourmet chef in Vietnam died after being bitten by a venomous sea snake that he was to cook as the nightly special."

In high school, I did my share of phone phreaking, and am not surprised that FOX's TV show "American Idol" is having problems with phreaks jamming the phone lines - voting as many as 10,000 times a night from a single phone.

Roland said:

Please join us in welcoming Phil Baird to ETL's Marketing Services group. A native Modestan, Phil's background includes work in creative development, graphic design, 3D animation, website development, still photography and broadcast production. In his most recent role with the Red Rock Media Center, Phil worked on a long list of client campaigns that have included Foster Farms, Evans Telephone Company, Cycle Specialties BMW, and "Bail Bond Girl" (ask him about that "interesting" billboard on 99 at Kansas...)

I'm not really taking a vacation from my weblog, it just appears that way.

Martha Stewart Jokes: "Fall pattern: Black and white stripes. Cake recipe: Sponge cake with file. Home decorating: drapes that go with grey bars."

Creative water conservation in Colorado: "With the worst drought on record and the most Draconian water restrictions in the Denver metro area, necessity has become the mother of invention in the town of Lafayette."

Nearly Half of U.S. Suffers Drought: "Persistent and worsening drought has spread to nearly half the contiguous United States, the government reported Wednesday."

Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill You: "A new review of three deaths of US military recruits highlights the dangers of drinking too much water."

Israel and Turkey strike 20-year water deal: "Israel has agreed to buy 1.75 billion cubic feet of water from Turkey every year for the next 20 years to try to solve its water shortage and ensure the success of an arms deal, Israeli officials said."

Bush pressured on Mexico's water debt: "U.S. Reps. Solomon Ortiz and Ciro Rodriguez renewed their attacks Thursday on the Bush administration for failing to persuade Mexican President Vicente Fox to force his country to repay a water debt to the United States. The Democratic congressman, both of whom represent the Lower Rio Grande Valley, echoed the angry reaction of the South Texas agricultural community to Fox's failure to begin paying back the 10-year-old water debt. The debt will amount to about 456 billion gallons by October."