Mussolini, Hitler, the Pope - let's be serious

The pontiff "quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who said the prophet Mohammed had brought 'things only evil and inhuman'." Immediate reaction is comparisons to Mussolini & Hitler, come on now - a bit much. The reaction on the street - burnings & violence from the Muslim community. Protesting what was said, or emphasizing the point?

If you think layoffs at your company are bad, think again, and I wouldn't recommend buying any auto stock for a while

Stephen Colbert gets his bridge!! And if you don't like Stephen Colbert, it's because you've never listened to or seen his show - he's hilarious.

Castro appears to be up and at it - so to put it mildly, the partying in Miami seemed to be a bit premature. Although no one ever regrets a party.

If you're in the mood for some heavier reading on this fall Friday - kissinger's article warns of war between civilizations. given Solzhenityn's 1978 address at Harvard was this inevitable?

Picasa 2.5 is finally out of beta, great, but I'm still waiting for Google to give me free online photo storage, when!?!

Even I'M smarter than to make a disparaging comment on this story, but will a woman be smart enough to refrain from commenting on this one ;-)

For the my conspiracy friends, here's a common topic - Area 51