Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

Teddybot to the rescue!
Retrieving wounded personnel from the battlefield is dangerous work. Enter the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR), a teddy bear-shaped bot designed by the US military to carry injured soldiers to safety. BEAR's cuddly face is meant to put the wounded at ease. (AB)

terribleness

A CNN segment on an honor killing recorded on a cell phone.

it's cute people

Russian humor

Following on from Boris Yeltsin's funeral,
a story from a British journalist
who interviewed him:

Journalist: "So, President Yeltsin, how would
you describe the state of the Russian
economy in one word?"

Yeltsin: "Good".

Journalist: "Okay then Mr President, perhaps
you would describe it in more than one word?"

Yeltsin: "Ah, in that case - not good."

Spain and Portugal traveling suggestions

Going to Spain and Portugal in July with Dean. Any suggestions about which cities to go to?

MC Rove

actively managed mutual funds = lamez

Interesting article on why passively managed index funds are superior to actively managed funds. Obviiiously I already knew this, but was not aware of the San Francisco connection to helping that fact come to light.
(Mention of Googs is coincidental.)