Here's the religion study, if anyone's interested: Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies

I just watched "The Daily Show"...

uh, where could I get all the LOTR figurines in chocolate. You *know* if this were available online, it would absolutely sell out.

You *know* if this were available online, it would absolutely sell out.

Well, except for Gimli.

uh, where could I get all the LOTR figurines in chocolate. You *know* if this were available online, it would absolutely sell out.

I'm so broken by the Secret Diaries that I'd want Merry and Pipin to have carrots.

I admit, I've never seen the ad, but couldn't they have developed a better cover story? No, I guess this is more fun.

The National Hockey League's return to television is getting some unexpected free publicity thanks to a controversy generated by Martha Burk, chairman of the National Council of Women's Organizations. Burk has objected to a an NHL promotional spot in which a bare-chested hockey player is dressed by a scantily clad woman. The spot, which Burk describes as "offensive" to women, is part of the "More Entertainment! More Passion! More Hockey!" campaign developed to promote the league prior to its season opener on Oct. 5. An NHL spokeswoman commented, "This ad is very respectful of women. The woman [dressing the player] is a spiritual and physical trainer for the warrior, and his mentor."

Yay! for the Delay indictment.

ita, why are you wearing pleated pants?

Lisah, I thought the same thing as you did about the TAR comment. lisah "Natter 39 and Holding" Sep 28, 2005 10:03:02 am PDT

I had actual work to do today. It was kind of exciting.

Rumor has it that Dreier was picked because Delay expects to get the Majority Leader post back and Dreier would be an easier person to wrest it back from than other candidates.

All the more reason to root for TX-22 to eject him from office. If DeLay didn't have so many tendrils up the asses of the Texas GOP, maybe someone would bounce him in the primary. Not as nice as getting a party switch, but still worth it to get the corrosion cut out of American politics.

The scary thing, though, is that when they are cornered people like DeLay do some dangerous things. Stand clear, everyone.

As for Frist, he probably won't get jail time, but it could squash his 2008 plans if he has to pay a massive fine. Martha went to jail for something similar, though.

The ultimate trifecta would be getting Rove nailed on the Plame scandal. Alternatively, it would be Santorum being caught having sex with a turtle.

why are you wearing pleated pants?

Because I like them. So there.

IMDB also reports that the James Bond decision will be made soon (yeah, right), and that the front runners (this precise minute) are: Pierce, Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill, Sam Worthington, and Visnjic.

I gotta say -- Cavill's not quite a Backpfeifengesicht -- it's more of a backhand slap he's crying out for.

tommyrot, the problem is that I need the data divided by sex, department, degree, and title and then I need the median of the data for each group.

Huh. I thought Brosnan was out of the running?