"A Reconsideration of Presumptions: Is Islam Compatible with Democracy?"

That's the title of a talk to be given by UW lawprof Asifa Quraishi, on Monday, March 6th, at 12:00 noon, in Lubar Commons (at the UW La...

"You either give up your cheap trips to Majorca, or you give up astronomy."

Astronomer freaks out about contrails .

"And I'll do a little live blogging with Arianna Huffington, if you know what I mean..."

"... What do I mean?" -- Steve Colbert, on last night's "Colbert Report."

"Why do I need to see her in Spandex? It has nothing to do with the quality of her mind."

Oh, spare me. We see the male politicians jogging about in their shorts all the time!

The NYT does "Project Runway."

The NYT has a big article on "Project Runway": During Fashion Week in New York a catwalk show by four "Project Runway" ...

"I can always make a pretty butt even prettier."

Says the buttock-augmenting plastic surgeon. Last year 2,361 Americans had buttock augmentation surgery, almost four times as many as in 200...

Blurb.

The NYT has a little piece about Blurb , which formats blogs into books. But it's way too expensive for a blogger to use commercially t...