Mostly via Metafilter: Record companies owe you money. Are these the same record companies that get the Secret Service to bust people with cd burners? Yep. The ones that don't seem to have the greatest grasp of simple math? Indeed they are. The Washington Post has some tips for the aspiring cultural critic. At least as funny as that Mad Onion parody (not to be confused with 3d-benchmarking people Mad Onion). Here's an end-of-year Google Zeitgeist, and something similar from Lycos. Queation: are Google users smarter? Santa Rampage! Washington Post has details. Ben Stein has some ideas about ruining American innovation. North Korea doesn't like the new James Bond movie. A high school kid, not far from where I live, had a little chat with the Secret Service over his t-shirt. You can buy one here, but it looks like you'll have to add the crosshairs yourself. How punk rock. European Union adds new members. These snazzy Blathers figure is just the beginning of the Animal Crossing toys I'm vaguely obsessed with. Speaking of--The New Politics of Consumption. Oh, and last but not least--Lyndon LaRouche, nut case. My old pal Joe Laurene used to want a bumper sticker that read "Don't blame me--I voted for the guy that's in jail." I think Traficant got about 15%.

Jesus Christ. Freaking Blogger. This is becoming a rather long posting. Pocketcalculatorshow.com--so cool. I really wanted one of these at the time. Probably because I'm an idiot.

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