Government Intrusion Into Personal Lives Continues

from the NY Daily News Busty lady’s breasts could ‘burst’ BY AMANDA L. PENTLER DAILY NEWS WRITER Monday, June 30th 2008, 11:32 AM A woman has been denied her ninth boob job because she’s reached the legal limit for silicone in the body. Sheyla...

Walter Iooss Jr.’s book ‘Athlete’

from the NY Daily News Here are images from ‘Athlete,’ Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr.’s new book, with caption information written by Iooss. Here are his comments on this 1961 boxing photo: “Ali and Terrell…I never saw...

Scrabble Rules

from the Guardian UK Spell bound When the Great Depression left architect Alfred Butts out of work, he scrabbled around for something to do – and came up with a game whose ingenious mix of anagrams, crosswords, chance and skill is still a winner, 60 years on....

48 Minutes of Classic Carlin for 89cents

from Amazon.com No Better Way To Wile A Saturday!     it’s ripped from vinyl (but it merits 4.5 stars nonetheless), June 24, 2008 By  Jeffrey Thames “King of Grief/KPFT 90.1 FM” (Houston, TX)   Carlin on Campus (recorded at UCLA’s Wadsworth...