I sent out the notice to Monday night's TestingTesting. It will be the first time in a while the whole TT crew will be together so it should be fun.

Between moving and getting ready for TestingTesting I haven't been keeping up with current affairs. The blogs in the left column will fill you in on that. However, I do have a few things to report.

The English Have a Wonderful Sense of Humor Department

An election correction
From The Economist print edition

In the issues of December 16th 2000 to November 10th 2001, we may have given the impression that George Bush had been legally and duly elected president of the United States. We now understand that this may have been incorrect, and that the election result is still too close to call. The Economist apologises for any inconvenience.

thanks to BookNotes

There is a Lot Happening Outside of Afghanistan Department

Welcome to Carl Koppeschaar's ASTRONET

ASTRONET offers information on astronomical phenomena and closely follows the news on astronomy, space research, space flight, meteorology and earth sciences.

thanks to Doc Searls

Some Trouble That Patriotism Will Get You Into Department

NATION PULLS TOGETHER, FALLS OVER
United We Stand, But Divided Into 2 Equal Teams Would Have Been Better

Answering the call from government and civic leaders, Americans all pulled together yesterday in an unprecedented show of patriotism and unity that left 44,000 people dead and 3.3 million injured.

The injuries resulted from a lack of an equal number of people pulling from the other side, causing all 285 million Americans to immediately fall backwards on top of each other.

"I was excited that we were finally pulling together as a nation, but I pretty much assumed there was going to be some kind of counterweight," said 34-year-old Angela Szweicki, whose left leg was broken when the man in front of her fell on it. "But there was nothing. We met no resistance at all."

"On the count of three, boom, we all went down like a ton of dominoes," she added.
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