Time to get out ahead of the curve on robot law.

Quoted: “Ready or not, robots are racing into our lives,” he said. “But for most people, the first time they’re going to really notice those robots . . . is when the systems go bad.”

Just finished the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was excellent. Looking forward to this next one.

Quoted: Already, a nimbus of legend surrounds the story: In late 2004, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson delivered to his publisher three finished manuscripts -- the opening salvos in a rumored 10-part suspense narrative. Like a latter-day Sjowall-Wahloo, the husband-and-wife detective novelists whose Martin Beck decology (1965-75) engaged Olof Palme -era political unrest, Larsson sought to explore and explode the moral deficits, irresponsible government and extremist movements that characterize postmillennial Europe. And, he admitted, he wanted to ensure a plush retirement. Not long after, the author suffered a fatal coronary.

Check out the last blurb in this press release. Well done, Bill Donohue's publisher.

A good one from last week.

Quoted: sexy exciting dinosaur comics for the thinking man or lady

Going to have to check this one out.

Quoted: “HouseQuake,” a new film on the 2006 midterm elections, features Rahm Emanuel, as relentless a campaigner as he is a White House chief of staff.

Quoted: “I said, ‘How much time do I spend away from my family?”‘ Mr. Shuler recalls on camera. “‘Oh,’ he said, “it’s not as bad as you may think.’ So he decides to start calling. ‘Heath, I’m just calling to say I’m on my way to school to take my kids.’ ‘Heath, I’m on way now back to school I think I’m going to eat lunch with the kids today.’ ‘Heath, just letting you know I’m picking up my kids from school.’ ‘Hey, we’re going to soccer practice, we’re going to recital.’ He did this for two solid weeks.”

Oh, insurance companies. Enjoy those premiums we've been paying all those years! We won't miss this house or our ability to get credit that much anyway...

Quoted: James and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got worse when they asked their insurer for help — and not only was their claim denied, but they've been told their entire policy won't be renewed.

Quoted: A castoff reporter bought a newspaper in a town of 2,600 in rural New Mexico, saying he wanted to try a new direction.

Interesting project, and a very fun story. Authors make up back stories to go with various knickknacks. Then the objects are sold. Apparently the point is to figure out whether the stories add value to the objects.

This is my favorite of the stories I've read.

Quoted: This is an icon of the fourteenth-century saint Vralkomir of Dnobst, the patron saint of extremely fast dancing.

Quoted: In the autumn of 1347, in response to a perceived slight from a Dnobstian maiden, the recently enthroned Tsar Nÿrdrag the Irascible (also known as “The Cowbird Tsar,” a Scandinavian foundling whom the previous Tsar and Tsarina unknowingly raised as their own) issued an edict banning fire in Dnobst.

Quoted: Another downtown skyscraper from Detroit’s golden years is being torn down, the victim of a city unwilling to maintain it and developers unwilling to invest in it.