“Getting Their Kirk On”
Hobbyists build their own Captain Kirk chairs from Star Trek.”Sitting in it,” said Mr. Bradshaw, the graphic designer, “I find myself striking an action pose quite unconsciously.”
Biographies
Richardson Autopsy: “Blunt Impact” to the Head
The death of Natasha Richardson has been ruled an accident by the New York City medical examiner. The cause of death was determined to be an epidural hematoma — bleeding in the brain — caused by a “blunt impact” to her head.
Photo: Manson a Graybeard at 74
Prison officials have released a new photo of killer Charles Manson. It’s part of “periodic updates of inmate images,” says a spokesman.Still with the swastika.
Natasha Richardson, 1963-2009
Shocking, but now confirmed: Natasha Richardson has died, apparently of head injuries, after falling on a ski slope on Monday.
Drawing Chewbacca and his Family
Informative, if bizarre.
Natasha Richardson Health Update
It’s still quite confusing.The actress was flown from Canada to New York yesterday, where she is at Lenox Hill Hospital.
WAGs: Are They Ruining Soccer?
And is Victoria Beckham to blame? Maybe.Mostly we just like saying “WAGs” — a term that has its fifth anniversary this year.
Sara Jane Olson Gets Out of Jail
Sara Jane Olson, also known as Kathleen Soliah, gets out of prison today, leaving the women’s facility at Chowchilla, California after serving seven years for her part in crimes committed in 1975. Kathleen Soliah was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), the sorta-Marxist outfit that famously kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst back in 1974.
Man Resigns Via Cake
Those San Franciscans!Best comment from Boing Boing:If I ever resign my job, I shall deliver the message, scorched with a magnifying glass onto the side of a large slab of beef jerky.
Bannavem Taburniae: Where in the World Is It?
Nobody knows. But Saint Patrick says he was born there. Here he is, kicking off his famous Confession: