"I read the news today, oh boy..."

• Girlymen: The Evidence - This just in from the London Telegraph, reporting that homosexual men share the same poor map-reading skills as straight women: "Dr Qazi Rahman and colleagues from the University of East London reported in Behavioural Neuroscience that homosexual men used more landmarks during map reading than did heterosexual men, adopting a blend of male and female navigational strategies." No results so far on lesbians and power tools.

• Drawing the Line - In Pakistan, "[t]wo small boys and two girls were married off to four puppies by tribal villagers in the small northern Indian state of Jharkhand to ward off evil, a report said on Wednesday." Advocates of gay unions have not stopped to consider where the line is to be drawn. Here, perhaps? What about next year???

• Steve Martin, welcome to the next level! - Earlier this month, in Gallup, NM, a homeowner found a dog on her back porch, with an arrow through its head. It had lodged underneath the cranial muscle, and did not puncture the brain. The dog, named "Easton" after the brand of arrow, is in stable condition at the vet, and will soon be up for adoption. A $1000 reward is being offered for catching the responsible party. (from the Associated Press)

• Where there's life, there's hope. - Despite the high crime of being an inconvenience for not dying soon enough, Terri Schiavo has a reprieve from the courts until 5 pm today. They will hear new evidence of possible abuse and neglect that (Duh!) may have led to her current condition. The social services agency in Florida is seeking a sixty-day delay in the removal of her feeding tube -- not to be confused with life support. (from the Associated Press, with a few minor embellishments)

Stay tuned...