I'm new to the world of laptops (at least since they've had wireless) and would be interested if anyone knows spots in san francisco. I know the city is talking about citywide wifi, wouldn't that be nice!

really. I came home last night to find the most rank smell in my apartment, and was afraid to look for a dead animal under the furniture. I opened the windows and this didn't help. then I washed the dishes in the sink, thinking they smelled like the possible culprit. After lots of clean dishes, I found I had been wrong there too. That's when I saw it: the open bag of frozen broccoli from the previous night, sitting on the kitchen counter where I'd apparently forgotten about it. A-ha! A quick ... read more

LAGUNA HONDA WELCOMES BACK GOATS -- In a true public health interpretation of encouraging San Franciscans to eat local, organic, sustainable food, approximately a 1,000 Boar Goats are eating their way through 23 acres of poison oak and blackberry brambles on the grounds of Laguna Honda Hospital. This is the second year the goats have dined al fresco on the hills at Laguna Honda Hospital. We anticipate the goats will have an annual, standing reservation at LHH to help us manage the vegetation.... read more

Speech of Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, published in Maariv on Monday, July 31, 2006.

Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the world, I, the Prime Minister of Israel, am speaking to you from Jerusalem in the face of the terrible pictures from Kfar Kana. Any human heart, wherever it is, must sicken and recoil at the sight of such pictures. There are no words of comfort that can mitigate the enormity of this tragedy. Still, I am looking you straight in the eye and tellin... read more