Best quote of the day, from "Miers Finds Support from Evangelical Churches" on NPR's All Things Considered: "I think that she [Miers] is a wonderful person, and I just think that when opposition comes, it's a lot of times, it's just the work of the devil." -Audrey McKee On the subject of...

that a compost bin could have such personality (from the NYC WasteLe$$ Web site on recycling). This little guy (a pile of mulch), also from the NYC WasteLe$$ site, looks slightly terrifying. At least the city's trying. These images remind me of this article, titled "Graphic Artist Carefully Assigns Ethnicities to...

I'm baffled by this article on IMDB, titled "Grace Horrified by Holloway Robbery." Here's an excerpt: Josh Holloway's Lost co-star Maggie Grace is horrified to learn of the actor getting robbed in his home, because she knows he only just completed work on the dream property. ... And Grace, who learned...

I found John Williams's article "Are Sudoku Support Groups on the Horizon?" quite entertaining and relevant. (You can get a password from Bugmenot.) Filed in: Culture...

I saw a report on the BBC about how honey is being used to treat "hospital infection 'superbugs' which are resistant to strong antibiotics." I can't access the original broadcast online because I'm not in the UK, but apparently the BBC first reported on this in a 2002 article. Here's...