Spying on your neighbors just got easier.

Here's an interesting site to peruse. If you type in your zip, or any other zip in the United States, you can find out all the interesting information that the U.S Government collected on us in 2000. Mark Nash, some guy who likes statistics, launched this website, which gives you a easily-accessible version of all the pertinent stats. In my zip, 0% of people are in the farm/fishing/forestry field, while 39.8% are in the management/professional line of work. Oh, there go my hopes of becoming a sun-loving farm hand.

The neverending story of copyright

Wizards, and elves, and copyright law...
J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers are now suing a fan site about Harry Potter because of the site's plan to put out a book, citing copyright infringement. Tim Wu writes about the specatacle on Slate.com, and does a pretty good job of putting it in perspective. I didn't see any reference to lightening scars, though, so I'm only going to give it a 7 out of 10 points.

Millhouse!

TeeHee!
The Lewiston Tribune ran a front page last Thursday that had two very lovely pictures in it. The first one was of a burly man in a flannel coat decorating for the holidays. The man was identitified as Michael Millhouse. The second photo was from video survalenance of a local conviencnce store, and showed a burly man in a flannel coat stealing a woman's wallet. The newspaper reported that the man was unknown.
Police finally caught on. They arrested poor Michael Millhouse, most likely still in his blue flannel coat, for felonly second-degree theft.
TeeHee!

No One Really Cares

For those of you who forgot...


...Courtesy of PostSecret.com

Media, Art, and Text Student Patrick Scott Vickers

This is Patrick Scott Vickers and his great-grandmother. At the time of this photo, she was really old and Patrick still looked fresh and innocent.
Things change.
You can find Patrick's Blog here.

Ammendment:
Patrick Scott Vickers may or may not be an innocent soul today. I have no first-hand knowledge either way.

Screen Ties

Sometimes, you just need to have an OLED screen in your tie. Or any other piece of clothing, for that matter. When that's the case, check this out.
You'll be the hit of your next funeral or wedding reception.

Bizarre Scientific Papers

In this time of increasing academic pressures, I'll lead you to the 10 most bizarre scientific papers, as accumulated by Oddee, a blog on the oddities of the world.
If you need a little break from the normal, everyday world, check out these facts on the not-so-normal, non-everyday world. The site is a great one for perusing on rainy weekend days, but only when you have someone sitting on the couch to bother with all the useless information that you find.