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Following my post about RMS's doubts about clouds, Stan D. Freeman has kindly pointed me towards the growing kerfuffle over iGoogle's new format in the US, and how everyone is now redefining themselves as Brits (sounds a good move to me).As Stan points out, this neatly underlines exactly the point

Hi there. Hart Williams here. I am guest-blogging for a few days at the kind invitation of Pamela Leavey, and it’s good to see you. Here’s something that you might have seen and not quite noticed. … Let’s pass over the Rovian Campaign of McCain’s dual smoke screen/smears, the ACORN kerfuffle to

mediabistro.comObama And Fox Make Up, Phelps Lends A Hand, Rich People ReadRadar Online - 2 hours agoCouple of random media items out there today. Let's start with the Barack Obama/Fox News kerfuffle.

You don't need to know the ins and outs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to know that it's bad. In fact, it has been so bad for so long that whenever another bombing or act of terrorism is reported, it just seems to roll like water off a duck's back for most folks.

Aaaaand we're back. So as of today I am 30 years old. Things couldn't be better. I've written before about what I think the advantages to getting older are and I still stand by those things. Bill Watterson once suggested that people who remember childhood as an idyllic time were probably never children, and that's a statement I agree with.

Ohhhhh. Reader Alton finally reveals the key change in the rules that has caused coaches nationwide to dream about high octane no-huddle attacks: New NCAA Rule 2-4: "A dead ball is ready for play when: a. With the 40-second play clock running, an official places the ball at an inbounds mark or between the inbounds marks and steps away to his position.

Chris at Mixing Memory comments on PZ's childish antics. I agree with his assessment of Myers's blog and don't understand why it's a part of ScienceBlogs. Okay, I guess I do understand -- it's a traffic magnet -- but I think Myers is an embarrassment to his fellow ScienceBloggers.

Brace Yourselves: More 'Bama By Brian — July 21st, 2008 at 4:45 PM — 16 comments Filed under: alabama oversigning kerfuffle soapboxin' Two further news items in the ongoing coverage of Alabama's oversigning escapades: Destin Hood was a second round pick of the Nationals and has signed an MLB contract.

Filed under: Industry, Grey's Anatomy, TCA Press Tour, Reality-FreeThe always lively ABC show-runner panel just ended. Included on the panel were Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, Marc Cherry, Greg Berlanti and Silvio Horta. Lindelof made some jokes, and Cherry tried to translate sports metaphors to musical theater metaphors.

Unverified Voracity Digs In By Brian — July 1st, 2008 at 11:12 AM — 18 comments Filed under: alabama big ten network comcast edmonton oilers hello nurse jared knight lolmsm michigan replay oversigning kerfuffle unverified voracity Full up. The Bama Sports Report says Ivan Matchett has made his grades and will enroll at Alabama shortly.