Passion Fruit. That's the best laugh I've had all day.

Interesting article at the Christian Science Monitor regarding ecological sustainability, particularly in regards to resource consumption by humans, and how sustainability will be affected by rapid modernization (and thus rapid increase in consumption) in densely populated areas like China. Worth a read.

Salon has an interesting article today about the Republican party's political "attack machine." Very interesting, indeed. The main point: The Republicans have, for a very long time, been the absolute Ninja Masters of negative campaigning, and Bush's current run for re-election rests on a foundation of personal attacks, backed by an almost issue-free platform.