Top 10 Greatest Impostors in History

I didn't make the list, despite my brief success impersonating an Internet Millionaire.

A day in the life — of Condi

Secretary of State Condi Rice finds out what the deal is with those 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Ergonomic Pirate Keyboard (ripped off from Michelle Collins.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dullard

By Franko. Recovered from deep in the Internets for your viewing pleasure.

I need my space bar

Apparently Newsweek magazine doesn't, and the failure to place little gaps between words throughout this article is leading to job offers and chatter on the Internets.

The Dullard news ticker

Hef to Alba: We're sorry ... Cruise: I was abused ... Apple opens doors to Windows ... Harris ushers in new staff in Fla. Senate race ... Is "London Calling" a terrorist call to action?

Pinkey the cat

Maybe Lucy isn't the worst. cat. ever.

To Become an American

Some insightful commentary from Fareed Zakaria on the immigration debate.

DeLay gone craven!

Tom DeLay of House corruption fame cuts and runs, emboldens enemies, blames media.

TV jackals

The idiots at the local ABC affiliate broke into "Jeopardy!" not once but twice Monday night with thunderstorm warnings. The second time was during final Jeopardy, which was totally pre-empted by the Generic Weather Woman and her precious Doppler radar.

Here's a transcript of my complaint call, which took several attempts to the station to get through. Perhaps I was not alone in my outrage.

TV Jackal: News Channel 11 newsroom.
Me: Yeah, I am calling to find out who won final Jeopardy.
TV Jackal: I don't know. We don't have time to watch game shows in the newsroom.
Me: Well, I would like to know because I watch "Jeopardy!" with my 5-year-old son, and we were disappointed tonight not to be able to see who won.
TV Jackal: Where do you live?
Me: Raleigh.
TV Jackal: There is some severe weather coming your way, so we need to let people know that.
Me: I understand, but couldn't it wait two minutes until the commercial? You never break into the commercials for these things.
TV Jackal: You make a good point, but it's our responsibility to provide information to the public.
Me: It could have easily waited until the commercial time.

Then I hung up in disgust. In the name of Alex Trebek, something needs to be done.

UPDATE: An hour and a half after the storm warning, a light rain fell on the city.

NYT revamps its site

The New York Times has given its Web site a facelift, and the changes are largely cosmetic. One new feature is the list of most-blogged stories, which I haven't seen on a major news site before.

The more you know

PSAs from your television friends at The Office

Midterm madness!

Winning an election requires organization and, to a lesser extent, endorsements from prominent people. Here's how two congressional candidates are doing with seven months to go before the midterm election:

FLORIDA: Senate candidate Katherine Harris of Bush-Gore recount fame is facing a staff meltdown. According to the Orlando Sentinel, just about her entire campaign leadership is departing. Will she soon be riding off into the sunset?

CALIFORNIA: House hopeful Howard Kaloogian of "Baghdad" photo fame has the usual assortment of GOP endorsements. Alan Keyes? Got him. Local radio talk show host? Check. But he also has the support of what could be described as a girl gone wild, according to Talking Points Memo.

April Google's Day

Google Romance debuts. Or does it?

On a similar note, Chuck Klosterman of "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" fame reviews the new Guns n' Roses disc. Or maybe not.