news & randomness

I haven't been keeping up with the news lately. Sotomayor was confirmed, unsurprisingly.

Other news and links gathered from my friendslist:

H.R. 2943: Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009 -- introduced by Barney Frank (thanks, tomorrowlander)

Woman Changes Name to Princess-Rainbow.com (thanks, fizzyland)

Is Barack Obama An American Citizen?: Those who claim that Obama is a citizen rely too heavily on the metaphysical premise that reality is perceivable and knowable -- A good read. (thanks, vylar_kaftan)

'Dead' baby wakes before funeral: A premature baby declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay was found to be alive hours later when he was taken home for a funeral wake

Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death

Ex-NY judge gets prison for recruiting prostitutes -- Considering the facts of the case, I'm very glad to see the former judge serve prison time. He truly exhibited predatory behavior.

Attacks on lone blogger reverberate across Web -- I had wondered what exactly was going on with LJ. One minute it was up and running fine, the next I couldn't access a damned thing.

Naughty naughty

Call for Oxford poet to resign after sex row

This scandal is about Ruth Padel but incidentally involves Derek Walcott, a very prominent name in poetry circles.

This article is fairly old news (from May), so I'll search to see if there have been any updates. Ah, yes: Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns after smear allegations

Well, I certainly came to the party late. Anyone from the UK who has any more interesting tidbits that may have escaped the international press?