] Since the earliest research into the the English Language
] as spoken in North America was begun by Noah Webster in
] the early 18th century, the regional variations in
] dialect have always been the most challenging and
] difficult to explain field. Since the development of
] carbonated beverage in 1886, one of linguistic
] geography's most important and least investigated
] phenomena has been the sharp regional divisions in the
] use of the terms "pop" and "soda." Due to the domination
] of hard-line conservative lingusitic geographers in such
] leading institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford and
] the University of the West Indies, this dilemma has been
] swept under the rug . . . until now. Using the new
] technologies of the Internet and the World Wide Web, I
] and my colleagues at the California Institute of
] Technology and Lewis & Clark College are undertaking a
] bold new research into this fascinating area.

Great maps to go along with this.

The Pop vs. Soda Page

] Groton - John P. Casey was named president of
] Electric Boat on Wednesday, replacing Michael W. Toner,
] who was promoted to executive vice president and head of
] the Marine Systems division at parent company General
] Dynamics last spring and who has been filling both jobs
] since then.

I go away for three weeks and come back to find my company is under new management?!

I'm glad my company promotes people who've come up through the ranks. But I'll miss Toner. He was nice.

Casey Takes The Reins At Electric Boat

Please keep in mind that these are static jpgs...
Hold onto your seat...

Freak out man!!!

] WASHINGTON - The new peach-hued U.S. $20 bill will be
] introduced at U.S. banks and businesses Oct. 9, officials
] plan to announce today, Tuesday's Wall Street Journal
] reported.

Jessica no like.

New Peach-Colored $20 Bills to Make Debut Oct. 9 - Sep. 9, 2003

] Now in the current issue of the journal Science,
] researchers say they have found spotted knapweed's deadly
] secret: a potent and previously unknown poison that it
] releases through its roots into the soil to kill off
] neighboring plants. By eliminating its neighbors, the
] weed can appropriate all the water and nutrients that the
] other plants would have taken, and it has plenty of new
] space to spread out in.

Forensic Botanists Find the Lethal Weapon of a Killer Weed

] British scientists have shown in a controlled experiment
] that the extreme bass sound known as infrasound produces
] a range of bizarre effects in people including anxiety,
] extreme sorrow and chills -- supporting popular
] suggestions of a link between infrasound and strange
] sensations.

I'd like to see a better article on this.. the idea is VERY interesting.

Feel a ghost? Perhaps it's infrasound

] Employees at Taco Bell called police Sunday when the man
] walked into the restaurant wearing only a tiny black
] Speedo swimsuit and a cut-off T-shirt during the Labor
] Day weekend.

By any chance, were the speedo and the t-shirt pink?

Man charged in skimpy swimsuit case

] The LIBRARIAN
]
] ACTION FIGURE
]
] COMING THIS FALL, 2003!

Complete with "Shush-ing" action.

LibrarianActionFigure.com

] Even better, the prize money would come from Warren
] Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A: Research,
] Estimates), which has assumed the risk of a payout in
] return for a seven-figure insurance premium.
]
] If it is forced to pay, it will be a bad day not just for
] Buffett, but also for Pepsi's biggest rival.
]
] That's because Berkshire, among other things, is the
] largest shareholder in Coca-Cola (KO: Research,
] Estimates).

YEAH PEPSI!!!!!!!!!!

Pepsi's billion-dollar chimp

] The photograph to the right is JESUS, The Hot Air Balloon
] as it appeared at Ridgecrest, California on November 7th,
] 1998.

in the words of Mike Morrison, "He is risen!"

JESUS, The Hot Air Balloon