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House of Flying Daggers rules!

So the Catholics have chosen a 78 year old German who “has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms” as the new pope. (Oh, and it seems he was a Hitler Youth back in the day…)
At least he picked a cool name.

DSW Data Theft Much Larger Than Estimated
DSW Shoe Warehouse said Monday that it has contact information for about half of those people and started sending letters notifying them of the thefts, which happened at 108 stores in 25 states between November and February. A list of the stores is available on the company’s Web site.
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Whoa!
Seeing as how I make a living off a Macromedia product (ColdFusion, which gets no mention in the article, of course.), this bears watching.

Reality TV winners get tax reality check
“You can ruin someone’s life by giving them everything they want,” one Hollywood producer told the trade paper. “If you take a log cabin and replace it with a mansion, there are tax consequences to that.”
The tax pain isn’t limited to the initial renovation costs. Property taxes, insurance rates […]

Pelicans found with slashed pouches
What kind of psychotic fuck would mutilate friggin’ pelicans?! I can imagine some jackass maybe killing the birds, but damaging them in a way that would cause a slow, miserable death deserves a flogging.

Surveys: Young adults searching spiritually
They are often tarnished with labels like “self-absorbed” and “materialistic.” But young adults are actively engaged with spiritual questions, two new surveys suggest, even if they are not necessarily exploring them through traditional religious practice.

One of the lessons in A Whole New Mind (which I have finished and highly recommend, btw) […]

This is amazing. The Idaho House has passed a bill commending the creators of “Napoleon Dynamite”.
12 WHEREAS, the Preston High School administration and staff, particularly
13 the cafeteria staff, have enjoyed notoriety and worldwide attention; and
14 […]