The WP writes: One in four students in Fairfax County qualifies for free or reduced-price meals this fall, up from one in five three years ago. In Montgomery County, 29 percent of students were deemed eligible for meal subsidies in October, up from...

Hm, it looks like my CD burner has failed, but it could also be some mysterious iTunes failure.  In any case, it doesn't look like I'll be making any CDs to listen to on my drive to CT tomorrow evening.  I need to get to bed.  Oh well, CD burners...

Well, just now a telemarketer reminded me with my new phone number why there is a national do not call list.  Hope the calls aren't too bad during the 31 day grace period for telemarketer compliance.  You forget about these annoyances since the do...

Razib writes: One of the notable features of North American history and culture is that it is a mosaic of different populations, and, that mosaic has come about in very different ways. For example, the millions of Italian and Jewish Americans...

Radiohead is the only act to get on the list twice.  I was wondering about this recently...the list is, no surprise, closer to my music exposure than I would have naively thought.  The Postal Service isn't obscure, nor is Wilco.  Not that I listen...