] bookcrossing
] n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be
] picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
]
] (added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August
] 2004)
]
]
]
]
] You've come to a friendly place, and we welcome you to
] our book-lovers' community. Our members love books enough
] to let them go—into the wild—to be found by others.
] Book sharing has never been more exciting, more
] serendipitous, than with BookCrossing. Our goal, simply,
] is to make the whole world a library. BookCrossing is a
] book exchange of infinite proportion, the first and only
] of its kind.

Interesting.

BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!

] (CNN) -- A student on Monday killed two of his
] grandparents, then went on a shooting rampage at his
] Minnesota high school, killing seven people and wounding
] as many as 13 others before killing himself, officials
] said.

CNN.com - Officials: Student's rampage leaves 10 dead - Mar 22, 2005

] A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of
] a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she
] threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins,
] smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the
] stomach and drew on the walls.
]
]
]
] The students were counting jelly beans as part of a math
] exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary School when the
] little girl began acting silly. That's when her teacher
] took away her jelly beans, outraging the child.
]
]
]
] Minutes later, the 40-pound girl was in the back of a
] police cruiser, under arrest for battery. Her hands were
] bound with plastic ties, her ankles in handcuffs.

5-Year-Old Cuffed, Arrested in Florida

] HALSEY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon state panel plans to
] investigate a high school football coach who acknowledged
] licking a bloody cut on the knee of one of his players.

Oregon high school football coach accused of licking players' bloody cuts

] Dear Abby: I am 13 years old, and I suffer from a
] condition where a person has a strong, persistent desire
] to have one or more limbs amputated. This happens every
] day, and I don't understand it, but I want to have my leg
] amputated.
]
]
] I have researched prosthetics on the Internet and have
] found that life as an amputee is not that different. But
] I'm afraid if I tell my parents they will think I'm
] crazy.
]
]
] What should I do? Please answer this. It is ripping me
] apart.
]
]
] — Wannabe Amputee in Berkeley

St. Paul Pioneer Press | 02/25/2005 | Teen's odd compulsion needs attention

] The woman known as Britain's "cannabis gran" explains why
] she eats marijuana five times a day - and why she'll keep
] on doing it despite the threat of a jail term

BBC NEWS | UK | 'Cannabis gran' remains defiant

] 2005 Sexy Coffins Calendar
] by Cisa, the funeral home & coffin factory based in Rome,
] Italy

how goth

UndergroundHumor.com: 2005 Sexy Coffins Calendar: Sneak-A-Peek

] BERLIN Jan 31 (Reuters) - A celebrated Berlin prostitute
] said Monday that German job center advisers shouldn't shy
] away from offering jobs in the sex industry to the
] long-term unemployed.
]
]
]
]
]  
]
]
] Molly Luft, who sold her famous Berlin brothel two months
] ago and now runs a bar in the city's lively Kreuzberg
] district, said the sex industry was always looking for
] new recruits.
]
]
]
] "Why shouldn't they send the unemployed to work in the
] sex industry? Before it was a gray zone, but now
] employees are insured and receive benefits," Luft told
] Reuters. "People would no longer be unemployed and could
] earn themselves a living."

Those germans always have such great social ideas.

Yahoo! News - Prostitute Sees Sex Trade Hope for Jobless

A Fox News anchor flips out when a guest dares to question the nature of Bush's elaborate 2nd inauguration.

Frank Rich wrote: "Judy Bachrach, a writer for Vanity Fair, dared say on Fox News that the inaugural's military ball and prayer service would not keep troops 'safe and warm' in their 'flimsy' Humvees in Iraq. She was promptly given the hook."

Fair and Balanced Inauguration

] A front-page column in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel last
] week came with the bold, all-caps headline: SO THEY SAY
] WE'RE NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE BOX ... WHAT DO THEY
] KNOW?
]
]
] Columnist Kevin Leininger suggested it was basically "an
] evil Liberal Media Conspiracy." He pointed out that eight
] of the 10 smartest cities were in blue states, and eight
] of the dumbest were in red states. He says it's not a
] coincidence

USATODAY.com - Looking for signs of intelligent life in Fort Wayne