This is of interest to me because I plan to have a similar wedding to this fella's some day.
Confiscated sporran released for wedding
"A wedding has gone ahead in Australia three months after the bridegroom's ceremonial Welsh sporran was quarantined over foot-and-mouth fears."
What’s wrong with these people that they can’t make easily understood ballots?!?
Florida Democratic Party sues state over primary ballots
“Two years after the butterfly ballot and faulty voting machines kept the world waiting to learn who would become the next president, Florida has produced a ballot that is once again creating mayhem.”
I hate office politics. I hate walking on eggshells for people. I don’t try to intentionally offend people, but if not making their email high priority wrinkles their panties, tough. I’ll send a memo about the pity party I’m throwing.
Spam filter a career killer?
By Rachel Konrad
"A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first?"
Gore's Space-Time Problem
Repeat after me: "A then B then C…"
By Jonah Goldberg
"Over the weekend, Gore explained, once again, that President Bush is responsible for the corporate meltdown. According to Gore, Bush's tax cut created a climate of 'unfettered corporate greed,' which encouraged companies like Enron to collapse. This was a follow-up to his assertion in late June: 'You see now what it means to have an administration that's that committed to fighting and working on behalf of the powerful and letting the people of this country get the short end of the stick.'"
"In short, according to Gore, past events were caused by future acts…"
!@#$% DMCA….!@#$% RIAA….
Web Radio Fights for Survival
Webcasters rally against royalty ruling they say will yank many off the Net.
Stuart J. Johnston
The 1970s classic hit “The Day the Music Died” referred to the death of rocker Buddy Holly, but for many Internet radio stations and their listeners, doomsday is October 20.
By then, tens of thousands of Webcasters must pay millions of dollars in back royalties for the songs they stream to listeners online. Already, hundreds of Webcasters are shutting down operations, complaining that the fees exceed their annual revenues. The rates, set by the Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office, are higher than those assessed to standard broadcast radio. The music labels’ trade organization, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), is unsympathetic.