We're all gonna die.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed French and German opposition to war with Iraq, saying that the two countries represent "old Europe" and that NATO's expansion means "the center of gravity is shifting to the east."

To anybody who reads this and lives outside the U.S.: I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. This is not the face we wanted to put on.

[EDIT 8:21 AM]
From the same article:

"Any decision belongs to the Security Council and the Security Council alone, which will address the issue after having examined the latest inspectors' report," [French President Jacques] Chirac said. "Secondly, as far as we're concerned, war always means failure."

I can't believe I'm agreeing with a Frenchman. ;)

Beating. Head. Against. Wall.

Lisa Loeb, the pop singer who will voice the character of Mary Jane Watson in MTV's upcoming computer-animated Spider-Man series, told SCI FI Wire that her MJ will be a little more grown up than the character in last year's hit film. "I did see the movie after we'd already done a number of episodes," Loeb said in an interview. "I feel like the new version of MJ in the animated series is more edgy. She's more independent."

Loeb added, "She's more secure. ... She's like on an even par with the guys. She's still feminine, but she's one of the guys. She's not like the girl character, which I think is good. That resonates more with me and, I think, with a lot of women."

I desperately want to sit these people down with the first few years of Spider-Man comics and not let them get up until they've actually read the characters they're supposed to portray.

Hewlett-Packard BioJet

Three-dimensional tubes of living tissue have been printed using modified desktop printers filled with suspensions of cells instead of ink. The work is a first step towards printing complex tissues or even entire organs.

Faces come out of the rain

It's odd how a single word can turn your day upside-down.