Sentence of the day

"Coby Schal of North Carolina State said he formerly used condoms filled with rabbit blood, but switched to parafilm because his condom budget raised eyebrows with university auditors." From today's NYT's article on bedbugs.

Potpourri of links

Posner asks if the US Federal Government is insolvent?

Becker, maybe not but we best grow faster.

Bad Astronomy blogger on Discovery's Bad Universe tonight.