The complete Sarah Palin flute collection on ten compacts disc. “And as a bonus, we’ll send you the free bonus DVD, Buns Of Leadership.”

This is the back side of the Manhattan Municipal Building as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. Completed in 1915, it’s one of the largest government buildings in the world. Thirteen city agencies are housed on the building’s 25 floors. Car traffic used to pass through its center arch (barely visible here).

“I know Sarah Palin cares about women’s rights, she cares about equality, she cares about equal pay, and as Vice President she will fight for it. She cares about our children and she cares about women’s lives. She’s an athlete and she knows what Title Nine did for girls like her. It is an honor to call her sister. America, …

Set your phasers on “fail.” An American version of Absolutely Fabulous is coming to Fox. Edina and Patsy are ready to take on L.A. Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders’ enduring Britcom “Absolutely Fabulous,” to be exec produced by Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for Sony Pictures TV, Tantamount and BBC Worldwide America. Christine Zander (“Saturday …

Here’s a NYT graphic showing the relative heights of US presidents for the last hundred years. (Embiggening required.) Since 1900 the taller candidate has won 17 out of 24 times. McCain is 5’7″, Obama is 6’1″. Dubya did beat the taller Kerry, but we are so not counting his win over the taller Al Gore. If McCain were to win, …

If you’ve been guilty of drunk mailing – sending regrettable emails while under the influence (and we’ve ALL done it) – Google has launched Mail Goggles, a user enabled program that forces you to solve a few math problems before sending late night emails. From the Gmail blog: Sometimes I send messages I shouldn’t send. Like the time I told …

More backlash for Bloomie’s third term attempt.

Saturday Night Live is working to get Sarah Palin to appear on the show before the election. If you’re among those who speculate that the only thing better than Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” would be Sarah Palin making a cameo on the show, there might be hope yet. If the buzz is to be believed, …

I spent a few minutes last night watching Flickr’s super-weird “rainbow and photo-vomiting panda”, an image-streaming thingy in which the panda spits out photos as they are posted to Flickr. Kinda hypnotizing if you need to waste some time. Shrug.

After an outcry from Christianists who objected to the “Party A” and “Party B” designations on California’s new marriage licenses, the state has decided to allow the option of checking boxes marked “bride” and “groom”. In a notice posted on its Web site, the California Department of Public Health says it is making the change because many couples still wanted …

Last Friday one of the worst traffic jams in NYC history was created after the Lincoln Tunnel was closed due to suspicious bottles found glued to the traffic median. It was the third such incident in a month. During last Friday evening’s rush hour, the discovery of two suspicious bottles filled with an unknown liquid and glued to the median …

An estimated 11,000 gay couples have married in California since the May ruling, more than in the first four years of legalized same sex marriages in Massachusetts, with the most weddings taking place Los Angeles. Los Angeles County has been the venue of more same- sex marriages than any other California county since such unions were legalized in June, according …

Online ticket scalpers are having a field day with the upcoming Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel fundraiser concert for Barack Obama. And those who purchase the scalped tickets may be violating campaign finance laws. Ticket scalpers profiting off the buzz created by the historic Bruce Springsteen/Billy Joel fundraiser appear to be breaking campaign finance laws. And fans who use scalpers …

Gwen Ifill went on Meet The Press on Sunday to talk about the VP debate, saying, “Conservatives used me to change the subject,” referring to complaints about her upcoming book about Obama. She also loved being played by Queen Latifah on SNL.

I’ve watched Heroes twice now and I still have no freekin’ idea what that show is about. Cool effects though.

The Washington Post reports on how Sarah Palin riled up the audience in Clearwater, Florida by bringing up Barack Obama’s relationship to Bill Ayers, causing one man to shout “Kill him!” Palin did not react or admonish the man. It was time to revive the allegation, made over the weekend, that Obama “pals around” with terrorists, in this case Bill …