Ultimate Dodgeball: The Reality TV Series. No. I’m not kidding. Man, I’m already feelin’ sorry for that Natalie chick from “The Facts of Life.”

“In most cases, airplanes can sail through lightning storms with little consequence. But according to a recent report, it is possible — albeit highly unlikely — that a person could be struck by lightning while inside an airplane,”

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Linda Boreman, better known as Linda Lovelace, died Monday from injuries she sustained in an April 3 car accident. She was 53. [update: A UPI retrospective, republished in NRO]

Writing in Reason, D.C. free-lancer Howard Mortman provides the following list of actual slogans he saw scribbled on signs at the D.C. “peace” rally. My translations appear in italics. All Our Leaders Are Corporate Whores Down With Capitalism (But Up My Allowance, Mom and Dad) Cannibis Smokers Are Not Criminals Except when they are Che Guevara Nipsy Russell. Richard Dawson. John Davidson. Damn. I forgot what I was going to

Excerpt from Jay Nordlinger’s latest “Impromptus” column, NRO: Another correspondent pointed out an item from the Washington Post,

Excerpt from Jay Nordlinger’s latest “Impromptus” column, NRO: Another correspondent pointed out an item from the Washington Post,

Hey! Sporado-blogger Doubting Thomas has his own Jenn-blog#174; entry posted (mine’s

Interesting. From Penn News: “Short Teenage Boys Earn Less Than Tall Teenage Boys When They Each Grow Up”: ‘Not fitting in’ has negative, long-term, economic consequences for short, teenage boys. Decades later, they are far more likely to earn less money than their taller peers. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that a boy’s height at age 16 is a significant determinant of his salary as an adult.

“COVINGTON, Tenn. – The Naifeh family’s annual ‘Coon Supper’ started in 1945 as an informal gathering of 15 or so raccoon hunters and their friends.” “This week, the supper hosted by state House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and his brother Joe drew nearly 2,000 guests — including the governor and candidates for the state’s top political offices — to mingle on the Covington Country Club lawn and feast on 75-80 barbecued