why Living on a Boat is a Good Idea

Global warming approaching point of no return, warns leading climate expert

the waters are rising...

Our government at work: His comments rocked the Bush administration - which immediately tried to slap him down - not least because it put him in his post after Exxon, the major oil company most opposed to international action on global warming, complained that his predecessor was too "aggressive" on the issue.

Another Reason We Need to Go

Torture? Not if cheerleaders do it, lawyer claims

"Forcing naked Iraqi prisoners to pile themselves in human pyramids was not torture, because American cheerleaders do it every year, a court was told today.

A lawyer defending Specialist Charles Graner, who is accused of being a ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, argued that piling naked prisoners in pyramids was a valid form of prisoner control."

The thing about a barge is

You need a Gilligan. Someone to help with the bilge pump. Tieing in to the dock. Taking out the trash. That sort of thing.

On Barge, you have freedom. And fresh country air. And long nights in the saloon. We can play our music loud, 'cause the neighbors are far away.