So far at least one thing about Bush's visit to Baghdad has been confirmed as fake and sponsored by a subsidiary of Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, the Houston oil co. formerly headed by Veep Dick Cheney (in article - see heading "Home Cooking").

He's also planning to fake a trip to the moon (ha ha).

Glofish (see blog posting from previous date) are banned in California.

And for the information scientist (aka librarian) within you, researchers develop software that can paraphrase sentences. This could eventually radically affect search systems like Google in a very good way.

Chicago school requires drug tests on ALL students. Yikes.

First there was Roy's tiger, now more "trained" animals are striking back.

NYU says student films must be R-rated. No explicit sex in the classroom.

Cool article from Slate on which dictionary is the best. My fav got second place but I consider etymology to be a major component of enjoyment.

Right-wingers fuck themselves up: excerpted from Salon.com's subscription news service:
Through hyperbole bordering on misrepresentation, Drudge turned what should have been a small meet-and-greet session for two pro-Democratic political organizations into a star-studded spectacle of publicity and support for the groups.
Earlier this week, Drudge began trumpeting the news of a "Hate Bush" meeting planned for Hollywood Tuesday night. In a breathless "exclusive" report, Drudge claimed that "top Hollywood activists and intellectuals" were planning to "gather in Beverly Hills for an event billed as 'Hate Bush.'" Recovering addict Rush Limbaugh played along with the tune, warning of a coming confab by a bunch of "left coast Hollywood kooks" and suggesting that the likes of Jane Fonda would be involved.
The event to which they referred was something less -- and, ultimately, something more -- than they suggested. It was, in fact, an informational presentation by America Coming Together and The Media Fund, two groups working to raise money -- and spend it -- in support of the Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential race. Organizers expected about 100 politically active Southern Californians to turn out for the event Tuesday at the Beverly Hills Hilton. But with Drudge and Limbaugh on the rampage, approximately three times as many Hollywood Democrats made the scene.