The California Supreme Court has just overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. Read the decision.    

Geese are on the run once again in Chicago, as the City Council overturns its recent ban on foie gras, which had been prompted in part by prodding from animal rights activists. Many chefs (although not all) were furious when the ban was enacted, missing the “exquisite taste, silky texture.” They had threatened civil disobedience and even filed a lawsuit. And now epicurians as well as Jewish grandmothers rejoice.

Seven minutes of terror. A short video on describing how the Phoenix probe will land at the North Pole of Mars on May 25th. Follow updates to the mission via Twitter and the blog.

100 Must-Read Books (for dudes)
Men just have different … needs … than women, so apparently they
need to read different books as well. However (as a chick myself) I
tend to check this sort of thing out in a futile but ongoing attempt to
figure out men. Hmmph. Men. Go figure ….

Mr. Rossy is the first man to successfully fly with wings powered by four engines on his back.

Best rectal thermometer ever? And yes, it does play the theme song while taking your temperature.

Comrades! Glory once again in the display of Soviet Russian military might at the revitalized May Day Victory Day Parade!

A woman whose apartment was burgled has caught the thieves by hacking
into the laptop they’d stolen and taking pictures of them. On Tuesday
last week, one of the victims received a phone call from a friend
asking her if she was online: she said no, and was told by the friend
that his computer showed her as being logged onto the web. At that
point, the victim signed onto another computer and used the “Back to My
Mac” programme to deduce that her stolen Mac was online, and that
someone was using it to shop on the internet. She then activated the
stolen computer’s camera, allowing her to “see” what was in front of
the laptop. At first she saw only an empty chair – but a little while
later she was able to photograph a man sitting in front of her stolen
laptop, and then his accomplice. The victim did not know either man but
showed the photos to one of her roommates, who recognized them as
having attended a get-together at the apartment a few weeks before the
burglary. The burglars, both men in their 20s, were arrested at their
New York homes on Wednesday, after the woman handed the photographs in
to the police. Around $5,000 (over ?2,500) worth of electrical
equipment was recovered.

Suckers!

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But remember, talking to the dead can be dangerous.
“All peoples of earth posess this natural ability,” says Nicole
Zapruder, who has been communicating with the dead since she was 4
years old. People aren’t disputing her ability to use the Grey
Walter-Berger Neurophysical Construct for communicating with the dead.
They’re asking her not to share it online because the technique is too
dangerous.
“The noise and clutter of modern times serves to
distance people from nature and therefore the realization that this
gift is in us all,” Nicole argues. An important warning. “Do not
contact any dead person who may have negative feelings toward you…”

Coming in October? A site for communicating with your dead pet.