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Almost to my embarrassment, I find I am becoming a fan of the NY Post’s Page Six gossip section, and in particular Richard Johnson (we’ll call him the “Little Unit” in honor of Randy Johnson’s fifth Cy Young Award). Today he has a classic, Justin Timberlake being interviewed by a …

Superhero comics! Superhero comics! Superhero comics! In snazzy hardbound reprints, no less!

I just found a noteworthy photography site called Earth Erotica, which urges us to “explore the sensual contours of the earth’s body.” The images are striking, but I think her work would be more compelling still if her selection of images took the earth’s “sensual contours” on its (the earth’s) …

Jump on it, Republicans.

Princeton’s John Halderman is quoted by Barry Fox in New Scientist: In 2001, Princeton University scientists debunked the technology the music industry planned to use to inaudibly watermark sound. Halderman is now doing a similar job on copy prevention systems. Halderman looked at three widely available copy-protected CDs. He found …

Yes, but how many have both? - "Record 'Washington Week In Review' for me, Zeke, while I mosey out back and cop a squat."

Number one rule, Hag – never trust an Asian doctor named “Moon”: Country music legend Merle Haggard believes he may have been one of the patients who received unnecessary procedures at a Redding hospital, which FBI agents raided last week. Federal authorities are investigating whether Dr. Chae Moon, director of …

She’s guilty and will doubtless do hard time on a chain gang: Oscar-nominated actress Winona Ryder was found guilty of shoplifting charges on Wednesday after an extraordinary six-day trial. A jury of six men and six women convicted Ryder, 31, of walking out of the posh Saks Fifth Avenue store …

Counting the "real" votes.

Country Music puts its best boot forward tonight: Icons, legends, international superstars, divas, newcomers and stalwarts will perform and appear during “The 36th Annual CMA Awards,” broadcast live Wednesday, Nov. 6 (8:00-11:00 PM/EST) on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. In 2001, more …