Found this photo in my referrer’s log. If it’s yours, please — please! — claim it. Then explain to me what you were thinking. Hoss. In the meantime, anybody wishing to add a caption, feel free.

Dov Fischer, writing on the West Bank for NRO, has a few pointed words for “Chairman” Arafunk: The Likud Central Committee vote is a harbinger of a Jewish nation that is taking its patrimony off the chopping block. Perhaps Chairman Arafat should look to the Kingdom of Jordan for the land of his Palestine. That country, itself an historically recent creation, is built on 78 percent of the ‘Palestine Mandate.’

In the blogosphere equivalent of a mercy hump, Malibu Stacy has belatedly added yours truly to her “Sexy Male Blogger” poll. I’m there at the yellow table, amid such blogging luminaries as…hell, I don’t know who half of these people are, to be honest with you. Alterman I recognize, though it’s common knowledge he’s about as sexy as goiter or foot rash. Richard Bennett’s somebody I have to worry about,

In the blogosphere equivalent of a mercy hump, Malibu Stacy has belatedly added yours truly to her “Sexy Male Blogger” poll. I’m there at the yellow table, amid such blogging luminaries as…hell, I don’t know who half of these people are, to be honest with you. Alterman I recognize, though it’s common knowledge he’s about as sexy as goiter or foot rash. Richard Bennett’s somebody I have to worry about,

Found this little nugget via Reason Express: “The Missouri legislature has outlawed taking pictures of animals in barns without an owner’s permission. The fear is that undercover reporters or animal rights activists could use the photographs to allege animal abuse.” Great. Next, Big Government’ll be telling me I need permission to take tasteful photos of nude junior high school boys playing volleyball for my very popular “Nude Junior High School

A blogger triumverate on Tech Central today: Radley Balko, on the failures of HOV lanes; Glenn Reynolds on Martian terraforming and “beneficial contamination”; and Pejman Yousefzadeh on deterrence, terrorism, and regime change. Incidentally, of the three, Pej’s is the only column that isn’t accompanied by a headshot photo. Which may explain why he’s doing so well in that “sexy male bloggers” poll Beach Blanket Barbie’s been running… Just a thought.

A blogger triumverate on Tech Central today: Radley Balko, on the failures of HOV lanes; Glenn Reynolds on Martian terraforming and “beneficial contamination”; and Pejman Yousefzadeh on deterrence, terrorism, and regime change. Incidentally, of the three, Pej’s is the only column that isn’t accompanied by a headshot photo. Which may explain why he’s doing so well in that “sexy male bloggers” poll Beach Blanket Barbie’s been running… Just a thought.

From The National Post: “Terrorist groups are using the Internet to recruit international suicide bombers, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said yesterday.” “The Los Angeles-based organization found two sites, one in Iran and the other in Gaza. With a few clicks of a mouse and the keying-in of basic contact information, volunteers can enlist for an attack on the United States or Israel.” […] The […] centre launched Digital Hate 2002,

I really liked this New York Times headline, though I’m not quite sure why: “Bush Begins Mission to Assure Europeans He Wants Their Advice.” Oh yeah. And there’s a story attached, too. Related: “Brad Pitt Begins Mission to Assure ‘Ugly Chicks’ that ‘Real Beauty is on the Inside.’”

Stanford Researchers Establish Link Between Creative Genius and Mental Illness “For decades, scientists have known that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of manic depression, or bipolar disorder, than does the general population. But few controlled studies have been done to build the link between mental illness and creativity. Now, Stanford researchers Connie Strong and Terence Ketter, MD, have taken the first steps toward exploring the relationship.” Using