Here's an article so weird, I had to post it. A guy won the Ig Noble Prize for inventing fake testicles for dogs who have been neutered. Here are some of the other winners:
PHYSICS: Since 1927, researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have been tracking a glob of congealed black tar as it drips through a funnel — at a rate of one drop every nine years.

PEACE: Two researchers at Newcastle University in England monitored the brain activity of locusts as they watched clips from the movie "Star Wars."

CHEMISTRY: An experiment at the University of Minnesota was designed to prove whether people can swim faster or slower in syrup than in water.

Martha Stewart is not welcome in Canada, because of Canada's immigration laws, which bar ex-convicts from entering the country. I don't know why I think this is blogworthy, but I really think it is.

Also, a Catholic Bishop turned author was told to leave by teachers after "outing" Harry Potter to a bunch of 12 year-olds.

As you know, I think the fake blogs are funny: here's Harriet Miers' blog.

An article on the imminent decision expected from the FDA to allow cloned food, with an analysis of the "yuck factor" (their term, not mine).

Not everything the bible says is true... according to the Catholic Church! Check out a list of what is true, and what is untrue at the end of the article.

Here's a really interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell on ivy league college admissions. Apparently, we owe the joys of the rigorous admission process to the fact that Harvard wanted to keep out Jewish students. It discusses how the ivies went from a merit based system to a more subjective system that lets in the right kind of student, not just the smartest. Very, very interesting.

Law school and wedding planning have kept me all too busy, but here are a couple of things I came across recently that I enjoyed:
Ann Coulter and Brad Friedman went head to head on a radio show about Republican ethics... perhaps Ann was partaking of some Absolut prior to the show?

A bishop in England has said panty parties are a good way to attract people to the church.

And the hottest fashion designs from Italy are coming from prisoners.