Grist for my mill

I had trouble sleeping last night, so I read Absent Friends, and it was enough to put Paul Grist on my buy lots of stuff by this guy list. He’s got a good, clear, deceptively simple drawing style, and a great sense of layout and composition.

News-full day

San Francisco allows gay marriages
Everybody and his same-sex spouse has posted about this already. I’m pleased to note that the first couple married is a pair of cute, photogenic old women. The bigots are going to look awful demanding that their marriage be annulled.

Microsoft confirms Windows source code leak
Microsoft has confirmed that part (about 660 megs out of 40 gigs) of the of the source code for Win2K and WinNT 4 has been leaked and is circulating on the net.

Matt Drudge is a lying bottom-feeder
On the other hand, if Kerry did turn out to have slept with an intern while married, he ought to come right out and admit. Then we can enjoy the open hypocrisy of all the Republicans who said ”It’s not the sex, it’s the lying” about Clinton.

Republican engages in projection
Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie says Kerry and his campaign “have made clear they intend to run the dirtiest campaign in modern presidential politics.” What, is 1972 ancient history?

South Korean scientists produce cloned human embryos
They also created a new stem cell line, an act forbidden to American researchers receiving federal funds.

Israel may unilaterally withdraw from parts of Gaza and West Bank
This isn’t actually new; I noticed this in headlines a few days or weeks back. Seems like good news to me, but I’m probably missing about a billion facts.