Patriot Games

What's more fun that playing games with the Founding Fathers? Nothing....

A Christmas present for the crazy relative who has everything

Why not sleep safely?...

Short men can rock, too!

This one goes out to birthday boy Matt, whose presence is in no way limited by physical stature. All great men are short, aren't they? Angus Young, lead singer-guitarist of AC/DC, tops Maxim's list of the "25 greatest short dudes of all time," standing tall at 5 feet 2 inches. NBA guard Spud Webb, at 5 feet 7 inches, is No. 2, followed by Napoleon Bonaparte (5 feet 4 inches), Naim Suleymangolu (4 feet 11 inches) and Yuri Gagarin (5 feet 2 inches). The magazine, in its December issue, claims to be helping women "begin a long overdue fight against...

Nerds + Halloween = Crazy Costume Phun!

The good folks at engadget sponsored their first-ever Halloween costume contest. Let's see: you take a blog about tech gadgets, and a holiday that encourages obsessive nerds with too much time to build things, and what do you get? A working life-size digital camera, complete with viewfinder? Check. A nutty helmet with scrolling text over the eyes? Yep. And, of course, a functional iPod. My favorite is the dancing Nintendo controller....

Early Office Museum

Via Manhattan User's Guide, a look at the evolution of office supplies....

Will Ferrell on the Ranch

This video is much better than "Night at the Roxbury." (Might have to wait for download)...

Hello? CDC. Are you sad right now?

Americans are sad 3 days a month on average....

Freelancing in Baghdad

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a journalist in Baghdad, go no further than Aileen Gallagher's interview with freelancer Charles Crain on The Black Table. [Note: Original paragraph deleted.]...

Slate on The Cos

If you haven't seen it already, this is actually a really good article about Bill Cosby's high-profile dishing-it-out-and-taking-it of late....

Lego Spider-Man vs. Lego Doc Octopus

Watch it here (Thx, The Morning News). (p.s. I liked the elephant part the best.)...

Cool Points for the Post (Low Culture's, not the Post's) Title

I'm late to this, of course, but very clever....

Monday gallup

The Patriot Act suppresses news of challenge to Patriot Act Pick your theme park: Creationist or 10 Courts of Hell (thx, Boing Boing) Play a real-life game of Pac-Man in Manhattan America has an eating disorder...

News gallup

Cheney and a White House lawyer hold George's hand as W refuses to be a man The wonderful, horrible life of a Williamsburg hipster Escape the boxes How to turn a press release into an article First complaint filed under anti-Spam legislation...

Morning Roundup

Whose tooth is this in my head? George W. Bush and the human kleenex. Getting laid: it's almost like enlisting! Would Hemingway go low-carb? Wes Clark speaks up for John Kerry Reality TV, New Zealand style....