My one wish: a rapid, uninterrupted levitation into a pocket of our atmosphere with little or no oxygen so I can suffocate peacefully.

Posted by GeeTee at November 28, 2002 01:02 PM | TrackBack 0

McGeorge does not possess a degree in one of the specialized fields -- such as biochemistry, bacteriology or chemical engineering -- that the United Nations says it seeks in its inspectors. U.S. and U.N. officials said a background check apparently was not conducted on McGeorge or any of the inspector applicants.

Posted by GeeTee at November 28, 2002 10:56 AM | TrackBack 0

On the day before Christmas, at noon, local time, all over the world, Deibert wants citizens to "shoot back" at surveillance cameras -- not with guns, but with cameras of their own. Participants are to head out, in disguise, to their favorite malls and public spaces, and photograph all the security cameras they find.

Posted by GeeTee at November 28, 2002 09:36 AM | TrackBack 0

"They've been using the Backstreet Boys' trademark to shuttle traffic to other Web sites," Carla Christofferson, the band's lawyer said, adding that Zomba's right to use the trademark was limited to promoting records by the band.

Posted by GeeTee at November 28, 2002 09:34 AM | TrackBack 0

O'Connor talks a great deal about Alec's double life, but since he knows nothing about the hidden side of it, it becomes both repetitive and unenlightening to keep harping on it. It would indeed be fascinating to know what Alec did and with whom, but we don't, and there's an end to it. Except there is no end to it in the book. (I am inclined to think Christopher Good is quite right when he says to O'Connor that Alec enjoyed being speculated about sexually; perhaps it gave him a sort of vicarious sex life.)

Posted by GeeTee at November 28, 2002 07:22 AM | TrackBack 0

Thair said the web showed great tensile strength -- enough to put a handful of coins on it without them falling through.

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