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Today is an other people's news kind of day.

My TiVo Thinks I'm Gay: "Mr. Cohen, 30, has a TiVo that mysteriously assumed he wanted Korean news programs. The Philadelphia lawyer gave thumbs down to anything Korean, and his TiVo got the message. Sort of. "The next day, it recorded the Chinese news," he says."

Tesco Denies Using Deadly Spiders: "the supermarket denied that food producers are using black widow spiders" as natural pesticides...

My Heart on the Line (may require free registration): "Is the world a safe place? Or have we just gotten used to having somebody else defend us?"

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My horoscope in the Onion today contains a Wallace Stevens reference:
"You will be pleased by your appointment as Emperor Of Ice Cream, as you like ice cream and have always wanted to wield authority."

I have nothing to add to that. I just think it's pretty cool.

Notes to self:

I remember what I told you
1. Robyn Hitchcock gets mad bonus points for the creepy, evocative, singsong "Raymond Chandler Evening."
But I can't remember why
2. J. O'Barr can draw damn well.
Sometimes I think I've been bad and God has sent me to Hell.
3. He tells an okay story, too.
This isn't Hell but you can see it from here.
4. When you're trying to talk yourself out of being depressed, do not, repeat do not sit down and read The Crow straight through. This will not help. What it will do is the opposite of help.
5. On the other hand, talking to people is help, no matter how little you may believe it at the time.