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Moreso than Hugh Grant’s, I would imagine.

Love the environment? Got a Hummer and 60 grand? Why not convert it to a “hydrogen Hummer“?

David Brock said in “Blinded by the Right” that Anita Hill’s testimony about Clarence Thomas’ pornography obsession had definite merit. Thomas certainly was unhappy with such claims.

Today we find out that Thomas broke ranks with Scalia and Rehnquist (a relatively rare occurrence) in a decision that–for now–keeps porn as easy to find on the Internet as it ever was.

Did Laura Bush have a quick walk-on role in the recent remake of “The Stepford Wives“? This picture certainly makes her look, well, creepy.

It would also explain her perfect oatmeal cookie recipe.

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If being asked to buy two airplane seats because you’re admittedly “morbidly obese” embarrasses you enough to sue, shouldn’t you be embarrassed to be morbidly obese in the first place?

And I remember when Southwest first announced this as their policy. One of their major reasons was the sheer volume of complaints they got from people who sat next to others so large, their body flab spilled over.

Is Britney pregnant? Sure, why not? Two marriages, a baby–she’s the white J-Lo, with half the butt.

The US-led coalition gave Iraq its sovereignty back two days earlier than expected, partially as a measure to avoid insurgents who would try to disrupt the handover, and partially as a move that says, “see? we had this all under control the whole time.”

The new Iraqi government has a daunting task ahead of them–planning and executing national elections to take place on January 31st next year.

Update:(6/29/04)
It didn’t strike me like this at the time, but Alex Knapp says the handing over could be a sign of weakness. After all, if we need a secret ceremony and a secret date to avoid violence, maybe we don’t have as much control over things as we thought–and now that we’ve “handed it over,” anything that happens in Iraq is Iraq’s problem, not the US’.

After getting Yahoo to up their storage limit to 100MB on free accounts, Gmail’s influence has finally spread over to Hotmail, which will soon give users 250MB–more than 100 times the current limit. This is a far cry from the scandal a couple years ago when they decided to delete all items in the “sent” folder over 30 days old–completely screwing many of their customers.

In unrelated news, this is my 1,000th post. Check out my first one, and read your way through!

A New York City high school valedictorian is being denied her diploma for speaking out against the poor quality of the school in her graduation speech (4 principals in 4 years, shortage of books, materials, and qualified teachers, etc.).

I can understand the administration being angry, but if your school is failing miserably, do you really want to deny a diploma to its smartest student (who also happens to be the editor of the school’s newspaper, chair of the yearbook, and a member of student council)? Especially when such a knee-jerk reaction just gives the press fodder for a bunch of stories that specifically list your shortcomings?

Bad move by the school. And while the truth hurts sometimes, in this case it really shouldn’t have hurt the one who told it.

Because Civil Unions do not give homosexuals equal rights. First there was the Rosie O’Donnell trial, in which we found out that spousal privilege is not extended to those couples who have had civil unions.

Now we have the case of B. Birgit Koebke and Kendall French. Koebke belongs to a country club in San Diego that allows family memberships. Unfortunately, the club denies that Koebke and French, who have been together for a decade, constitute a family. Britney Spears and Jason Alexander, on the other hand, could have zipped on down during the 3 days they were married this January, and had no problem. Anyway, Koebke and French have sued–how are you supposed to have a family when your state doesn’t legally allow you to create their narrow definition of one?