This evening is the San Francisco Bay Area Blogger Bash. A dozen of the best known and most beloved local bloggers will be there, and so will I! And we're also expecting a Kansan! Wahoo! Watch this space tomorrow for photos.
Ruth Rosen, a feminist historian whom the Chronicle, for no apparent reason, hired to write editorials about the real world, is frustrated with her HMO. Her complaint: too much bureaucracy and bad customer service. Her diagnosis: "Our market-driven health care system is broken; it's time for a major overhaul" Her prescription: Universal Health Care! Good call, Ruth. Putting the government in charge of something is always the surest way to reduce bureaucracy and improve customer service.
No kidding? The Lebanese subsidiary of the Religion of Peace is holding some hostages
The Religion of Peace is calling for all Americans to be killed. In London, meanwhile, some other Religion-of-Peace-niks have been found to be in possession of the deadly poison ricin. Can't we just negotiate with them or something?
What would Jesus smoke? High Times magazine reports that Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug. And in the spirit of fairness I will also ask: What would (Muhammad|Moses|Buddha|Confucious|Zoroaster) smoke?
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 07, 2003 01:30 PM