All you have to do is look competent and you've got it in the bag...

Quoted: A snap judgment by voters predicts winners in state political races

In light of Dumbledore's recent outing, I did a bit of searching around and stumbled on an interesting analysis of why the Harry Potter series is so threatening to so many people.

Quoted: Evangelicals who are all worked up about Harry Potter's celebration of magic and the occult are on to something. The kid may just be queer, in the broadest sense.

Of all the incredibly stupid things to waste money on, this has got to be one of the most tempting I've seen lately...

Quoted: A family of four in the Bay Area with two working adults must earn $77,069, equaling an hourly wage of $18.53, just to pay for basic necessities, a study released today calculates. If only one adult works, that figure falls to $53,075, largely because the family doesn't have to pay for child care, according to the report by the California Budget Project, a liberal Sacramento research group. But that one wage-earner must make $25.52 an hour.

This never fails to crack me up. I can't decide if it's the lyrics or the thick American accent of the teacher.

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This is wrong on so many levels...and yet, so thoroughly addictive. Basically, it's Jane Austen meets Mike Tyson's Punchout. Finally, a Merchant Ivory production for guys.

Quoted: NIGOROのFlashゲーム第２弾。華族、椿小路家長男の嫁として嫁いだ玲子。しかし夫はすぐに先立ち、毎日庶民いびりに耐える毎日。ついに玲子は椿小路家の人々に戦いを挑むのだった。

Dang. Jimmy ain't pulling any punches.

Quoted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a disaster for the country and a militant who has had an excessive influence in setting foreign policy. Cheney has been on t

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The technoviking loves cake

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