New York’s currently: missing just about every train it can

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 Unbelievable: Formerly anti-Big Government Senate approves bureaucrat’s dream, the Homeland Security Department, in order to claim victory over terrorism.

 Students in Tehran demonstrate in support of separation of religion and state.

 Roam the halls of the National Archives Virtual Museum. Via cp

 Religious groups get in on the SUV debate, call new campaign ‘What Would Jesus Drive?’

 Michael Jackson gets weirder: now dangles a baby out a hotel window.

 We don’t care if it rains or freezes: a DVD’s in the mail. The Netflix story.

 How much more powerful, really, is marijuana now than it was 30 years ago? How about a straight answer? Anyone?

 Web photologs, or ‘photoblogs,’ and why they’re so relevant.

 The turducken – a duck stuffed inside a chicken stuffed inside a turkey – is a formidable bird, and a scrumptuous one.

 ‘When do you open your Christmas presents?’ is another good conversation starter, as it explains a lot about national character. People who traditionally open gifts on Christmas Eve seem a bit more pious and family oriented than those who wait until Christmas morning. They go to mass, open presents, eat a late meal, return to church the following morning, and devote the rest of the day to eating another big meal. Gifts are generally reserved for children, and the parents tend not to go overboard. It’s nothing I’d want for myself, but I suppose it’s fine for those who prefer food and family to things of real value. A holiday discovery from David Sedaris.

thanks to yesterday’s donor