For geeks only: PC Magazine's Bottom Ten Worst Laptops in History. -- Though it's not on the list, my once-trusty 8-pound 1997 Gateway is going to have to be replaced, sigh. For what I paid back then I could buy three of these. Gaahh.

Dr. Evil vs. Dr. Strangelove -- only on the BBC would we find a pop culture poll to decide who's the coolest scientist on the silver or small screen. Frankenstein or Spock? Bunsen Honeydew (interviewed by Kermit!) or Dana Scully? How to choose??!

"You got a drag queen to play me!" -- Tony Kushner, radical playwright behind Angels in America, has a new play in the works, "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy," featuring First Lady Laura Bush and a copy of "The Brothers Karamazov." This is more controversial than you might think -- even among the hard-core theater liberals. Salon went to a recent staged reading, which included a scene Kushner had finished just hours before. Hijinks ensue.

"What Happens Is The News" -- imagine if a week's worth of headlines were drawn up and passed to you in junior-high note form. This is what it would look like. Kottke.org 's link of the week -- I concur.

The DNC tide is receding...slowly, slowly...and boy, that new Terror Alert (tm) this morning sure shook me out of my Democratic stupor! >:-X I've got some thoughts to share on my deluxe volunteer experience, but I may put them in list form...I'm still too fuzzy for paragraphs...