27 'Adhar 5766 * 27 March 2006: Hippopotamus Appreciation Day

Greetings.

In honor of yesterday’s quasi-holiday, I hereby declare today to be Hippopotamus Appreciation Day. Hug a hippopotamus today!

Today’s news:

• “Who cares for the caregivers?”
  
• “Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas”
  
• “How we give, mirrors who we are”
  
• “Case against Christian convert dropped”
  
• “Afghan convert controversy mirrors cartoons row”
  
• “Towards a new test of general relativity?”
  
• “GAO: Sensitive Taxpayer Data At Risk”

Today’s weird thing is the eBay auction “Star Trek DILITHIUM CRYSTALS in J-3 Containment Chamber (item 6030579209 end time Apr-18-06 15:27:16 PDT)”, pointed out to me by Erin. Considering these come through Ferengi channels, intuition suggests they may not work, as Ferengi tend to cheat clients when they can get away with it, and no country on Terra/Earth has signed an off-planet extradition treaty yet. Enjoy.

Aaron