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Steve points to an interesting page full of the real facts about the famous McDonald’s spilled coffee case. I always thought it was a frivolous lawsuit, but hearing that a 79-year-old woman had to have skin grafts on 6% of her body changes things a bit.

Oh good Lord. As an experiment, two journalists from the Guardian walked around London asking American tourists about foot-and-mouth disease. Unfortunately we Yanks pretty much lived up to all the stereotypes. These people were idiots (“Is that the one where you have to burn your shoes?”), with the notable exception of one 13-year-old kid.

I just found something else cool on Quadra – a site where you input your location and it tells you where you’d come out if you dug a hole straight through the Earth. From London, I wind up in the Pacific just off the coast of New Zealand.

I just finished reading all ten Pulitzer Prize-winning essays by David Moats of the Rutland Herald newspaper in Vermont. Mr. Moats wrote about the landmark Supreme Court ruling that led to the institution of civil unions for gay couples. It was the first Pulitzer for a Vermont paper in history. I highly recommend them.

Download Prince Harry Desktop Wallpaper! My friend Liz always did prefer Harry to Wills, because she liked the fact that he looked awkward and not quite so smart, which she thought would make him a little bit more fun. I’m not sure about that, but he does look better now that he’s hit puberty. (Link courtesy of NIMISIS, which has been promoted to my weblogs list.)