Friendster

So I signed up with Friendster. All the hepcats and cool people are doing it. You should too, 'cause I heard rumors they're charging soon. It's sort of like livejournal without the journal, except you get to give your friends testimonials, and it's geared toward making new friends/lovers/etc. Code word: coke.

It's a small, small gulag after all.

Where am I going when my investments in the Powerball Lotto pay off? Forget Disneyworld. I'm going to Stalin World! (Link via Julian Sanchez.)

Free State Project on This American Life

Yes, yes, I know they're dirty socialists, but I enjoy This American Life's vignettes of quirky Americana. So I was pleased when Keith Murphy, on the Free State mailing list noted:

"...On NPR this morning, I heard a trailer for this week's "This American Life," featuring the FSP. The thirty seconds I heard were
overwhelmingly positive, with a series of commonsense quotes from FSP participants.

This piece will feature interviews with porcs who came to the College Park, MD meeting back in December, as well as Jason's trip to Vermont. It will be fifteen minutes of high-quality exposure!

For those interested, it will air in Baltimore on 3 pm on Saturday,
88.1 WYPR. Times may vary for your local NPR station, but the story will be posted in its entirety on the NPR website after this weekend.

Keith

IUD's for teens

Anyone know what the risks are of implanting an IUD in females just entering puberty? How often would they need checkups? What percentage of women can't tolerate IUD's? What's the cost of an IUD?

Need info. for eugenics program. Thanks in advance!