eBooks
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For the last three months Amazon.com sold more electronic books than hardcovers. We’ll miss that dusty book smell technology just can’t fake.
Jaws
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The second N.C. shark attack in two weeks. First Topsail Island, now Wrightsville Beach. Our advice: just swim faster than the person next to you.
Palin’s Vocabulary
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Palin Tweeted that Muslims should ‘refudiate’ a mosque near ground zero. Palin, you’re not Shakespeare; quit trying to coin your own words.
Eco-Friendly Wall
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Ohio is buliding a sound wall made of seeds and soil along their interstate to suppress highway noise. It will resemble a 12-foot high Chia pet.