Sometime between 07:42 and 13:30, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

  • Really clever advertising campaign for Breeze Excel laundry detergent:: Send detergent samples through the mail wrapped in t-shirts. After the mail has thoroughly munged up the t-shirt 'wrapping', the recipients wash the shirt with the included sample.
  • An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant: "The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind. I thought we had reached a low with Windows Network places or the messages I get when I try to use 802.11."
  • Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Same-Sex Marriage: Although the Episcopal Church has not explicitly established a position in favor of gay marriage, in 2006 the church stated its “support of gay and lesbian persons and [opposition to] any state or federal constitutional amendment that prohibits same-sex
  • NYT: Reporters Say Networks Put War: Paul Friedman, a senior vice president at CBS News, said the news division does not get reports from Iraq on television "with enough frequency to justify keeping a very, very large bureau in Baghdad." He said CBS correspondents can "get in there very quic
  • Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less.: 1984: WINSTON: Don't tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism. EVERYONE: Surprise! We're the Party. WINSTON: Oh, rats.
  • Others’ grass not so green after drunken drive on lawn mower: "The first thing that went through my mind was someone was stealing our mower. And then I thought, wait a minute, we don't have a riding mower."

[See also: Links for June 18th from 12:39 to 13:07 | Same sex marriage OK in Massachusetts | More on Lawrence v. Texas | Santorum | Initiative 957 ]

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