Good news: Jill's mom's tumor is benign!


Where is Spalding Gray?

Coming to the big screen - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

You are here * - a new map of the universe.

The history of salt.

Well, fish crap. I've been eating tons of salmon and now I find that farm-raised salmon contains high levels of dioxin. How to tell if it's farm-raised or not? Why can't our food be just food?

Next time you go to Amsterdam, leave the white socks at home, please.


Baby names of the rich & famous (from The Fix at Salon.com:

Bono: Memphis Eve and Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q

Dave "The Edge" Evan: Blue Angel

John Mellencamp: Speck Wildhorse (and you thought that whole Cougar thing was bad)

Sylvester Stallone: Sage Moon Blood

Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates: Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Little Pixie (Yates' daughter with the also-late Michael Hutchence is named Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily)

John Travolta (an avid pilot): Jett

Michael Jackson: Prince Michael, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II (aka Blanket -- and, around here, "The Danglee")

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit: Lennon (yes, named after John)

James Brown: Yamma (a boy) and Venisha (a girl)

George Foreman (who claims to have trouble remembering his children's names): George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, Michi, Freeda George, Georgetta, Natalie, Leola and George VI

John Tesh and Connie Sellecca: Prima Sellechia (the hazards of the firstborn, I guess)

Scary Spice Mel Brown: Phoenix Chi

Posh Spice Victoria Adams and David Beckham: Brooklyn (who, as you all know, was conceived there) and Romeo

Mia Farrow: Lark Song and Summer Song (to name just two)

Marisa Berenson: Starlite Melody

Simon LeBon: Saffron Sahara (sister to Amber Rose and Tallulah Pine, who I'm sure are just wild about her)

Basketball player Kenny Anderson and Tami of MTV's "Real World": Lyric Chanel and her sister Kenni Lauren

Don't worry, kids. You can always redub yourselves later in life, as Keith Richard's daughter Dandelion (now known as Angela) and David Bowie's son Zowie (now Joey) have done. Bowie, by the way, learned his lesson. He and Iman gave their daughter the perfectly lovely name Alexandria Zahra Jones.