I have (well, had, one of them has died) two friends with the same names as multiple killers--I think Colin Ferguson counts as a mass murderer, right? I am completely blanking on the other dude's name--it's a soundalike, but my head is wooly.

Other than that, well, I creeped my sister out by mentioning that I know people who'd do what Dexter did, without needing the bulk of Dexter's motivation. Krav attracts types--what can I say?

I have no close ties to any serial killers or assassins, that I know of. But I'm young yet. Someone could rocket to notoriety.

Also, I am TOTALLY buying my dad a nun for his birthday!!! If only I'd known about this before Christmas, I would've done it then! His birthday is not until June, but I just emailed my sister and brother, explaining that we need to adopt dad a nun.

Someone could rocket to notoriety.

You're very optimistic.

I remembered it! The friend in question (he's been dead now 15 years, sadly) was Peter Cureton. Which pretty much sounds like Peter Kürten.

That's all I got. Dry bread has been eaten, Gatorade sipped, and I'm off to bed.

we need to adopt dad a nun

It's the caring gift, and you don't have to walk her.

There's a murderer in North Carolina that has the same legal name as I do. My legal name is Andrew, but I've gone by Drew for so many years that most folks don't realize that. But yeah, if you do a google search for my legal name you get a bunch of links to this guy who killed a girl named Teresa.

I was shopping for earrings in Bob Berdella's shop the day he got arrested. I was even looking at the human skulls he had in his display case and wondering if they were real. [[[[Brrrrrrrrr!!!]]]]

ION, I just at most of a pint of Haagen-Dazs Tripple Chocolate and now I feel like I might explode. Why?!?

Apparently, Saddam is dead.

More on the Grand Canyon thingie:

Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

"In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology," stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.'"

In a letter released today, PEER urged the new Director of the National Park Service (NPS), Mary Bomar, to end the stalling tactics, remove the book from sale at the park and allow park interpretive rangers to honestly answer questions from the public about the geologic age of the Grand Canyon. PEER is also asking Director Bomar to approve a pamphlet, suppressed since 2002 by Bush appointees, providing guidance for rangers and other interpretive staff in making distinctions between science and religion when speaking to park visitors about geologic issues.

In August 2003, Park Superintendent Joe Alston attempted to block the sale at park bookstores of Grand Canyon: A Different View by Tom Vail, a book claiming the Canyon developed on a biblical rather than an evolutionary time scale. NPS Headquarters, however, intervened and overruled Alston. To quiet the resulting furor, NPS Chief of Communications David Barna told reporters and members of Congress that there would be a high-level policy review of the issue.

According to a recent NPS response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by PEER, no such review was ever requested, let alone conducted or completed.

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Grand Canyon FAQ at the National Park Service website: [link]

How old is the Canyon?

That's a tricky question. Although rocks exposed in the walls of the canyon are geologically quite old, the Canyon itself is a fairly young feature. The oldest rocks at the canyon bottom are close to 2000 million years old. The Canyon itself - an erosional feature - has formed only in the past five or six million years. Geologically speaking, Grand Canyon is very young.

Apparently, Saddam is dead.

Does this mean it was done before the start of Eid?