Today's Wonders of Modern Technology URL

If you were cut off from a California state government website recently, this is probably the explanation. I do hope these people have nothing to do with launching missiles.

Today's Telephone Sex URL

If you go into a church, courtroom, or business meeting, fergawdsake turn off your phone, or at least put it on silent. If not, you might end up embarrassing yourself like this bloke in Australia.

Senator Tapper McWidestance will be around until January 2009

He's been denied the right to withdraw his guilty plea, but he says that nonetheless he'll stay around until the end of his term, when he'll retire from the Senate.

Oh, goodie! He'll be around to torment the Republicans for months to come through the 2008 general election. O frabjous day! Calloo, callay! he chortled in his joy. No vorpal blade is needed.