
Nicholas Moore, a postman who had two jobs, was so tired in the mornings that he habitually ran late and hid almost 6,000 letters and parcels rather than deliver them.

The nation’s largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gay and lesbian people from serving as ministers.

Starbucks Corp. is raising prices on certain harder-to-make beverages – and cutting the costs for simpler ones like a plain cup of coffee, the company said Thursday.

Disgraced former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair is now … wait for it … a LIFE COACH. Here’s a bit from his web site. Among the things he helps with: Career problems. Fair play, he knows all about that.

The London Aquarium have tried everything to entice their tiger sharks to mate, but the frigid elasmobranchs just refuse to rut. Now, the piscatorial attraction have turned to Barry White and Wet Wet Wet records in an effort to boost the sharks’ sex drive.

Icerocket, the search engine backed by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, needs some help. Compete says it attracted just 224,000 unique visitors last month, and hasn’t done much better in the past year.

From SAI: Microsoft is starting to shoot back at some of Apple’s strengths. Its latest move is to release a free, simple video editing tool to compete with Apple’s iMovie.

We all know that those ink cartridge refills never really function perfectly as advertised, so rather than paying too much to have a lackluster printing experience, boxlightbox has decided to repurpose his empty Epson boxes into prepossessing lighting instruments.

Library Director Dennis Fabiszak has said that the East Hampton Village Board of Zoning Appeals has expressed concern that an expanded children’s collection would lead to more library usage by those who live in the less affluent areas of Springs and Wainscott.
Fox ‘News’ continues to ensure that most neo-conservative Americans will never leave the U.S. Which is probably for the best. (via roberwter)