Absolutely stunning idea wonderfully executed. TheyWorkForYou is a new blog-like website and search utility that allows people to see every word uttered in England's House of Commons by Members of Parliament going back to 2001. via BoingBoing.

"Let me finish my -- " Touchy, touchy. Here's a transcript of an interview Bush gave to Paris Match. Highlight: Let me finish my -- you ask a question, I give you the answers. And then if you want to ask another question, you're allowed to do so.

Getting Drunk to Cure Breast Cancer I'm all for supporting your favorite charity, but the disturbing bourgeois trend of partying for a good cause seems a bit unseemly to me. As they say over in EviteLand, "It's up to us to fight breast cancer and I think a good night of drinking just might do the trick!!"

Stop Nader I know we've talked about this before, but a new poll shows that Nader has 3% of registered voters, and of course all of his support comes at the expense of Kerry. Please, for the love of God, what can we do to avoid a 2000 disaster?

Martha Stewart Guilty Was she unfairly targeted? Or just plain busted?

Tooltip Advertisments Maybe I'm behind the curve, but here's something I've never seen before: advertisements embedded in a mouseover/ tooltip & indicated as such by a double underline. One more cipher in the rich internet wasteland.

Schwarzenegger says foreign-born citizens should be able to run for president Is it just me, or does anyone else get the Damien: Omen Triology heebee-geebees from this one?

You're Totally Soaking In It Most of us who aren't rich have to do some goofy things in order to feed ourselves, provide clothing and shelter to loved ones, and generally sustain live so that we can do the things that we really love (make art, post links, expand minds). Jan Miner, aka Madge the Manicurist, was a serious actress. She figured out how to do what she wanted and still eat three square meals a day. Let's all think back to our own "you're soaking in it" moments, have some lunch, and endeavor to be half as successful and Jan Miner.

Pet Sitters For Dean With the entire independent professional petsitters community behind him, how could he possibly lose?

Your Search for the Perfect Animated GIF is over
Some of my favorites:
Paper airplane, the always-useful "under construction", a Kilroy-style Homer, the self-referential "animation", and our favorite insulation shill playing sax. This is a world where everything is new new new.

Call Immediately ATTENTION: Anyone who was at the Ka'u - St. Joseph game at Ka'u last Sat. Jan. 24 We lost the game by 3 points and have filed an official protest to BIIF officials. Anyone who was at the game who did a video of the incident where the score keeper hit the buzzer "accidentally" as our boys were deep into Ka'u territory about to make goal, please call my office immediately at 935-4936. As you may know, the buzzer froze our guys, resulting in a Ka'u player gaining possession of the ball and running it all the way across the court to score. Our protest is not only about the "accidental" buzzer incident, it is also about the referees allowing the Ka'u score to stand. Mahalo for your kokua in helping us find a video of the incident if it exists.

Squarespace: New Blog Tool I just came across a new blog tool that seems to have a lot of promise: Squarespace. It has some bugs (just released on January 6), but it provides a ton of features into a very smart architecture. Highlights: --"Module" concept for adding site features like journals, file storage areas, links, and discussions easily --"Clients/ audiences" feature that allow for dynamic site personalization based on login --"Drop box" that enables file upload/ storage by dragging a file into a browser --Direct server file management capability --Excellent access logs/ statistics tracking --Virtual hosts, XML feeds, and other features we've come to expect from such tools --Structure/ style customization I just found this yesterday, so I haven't gotten too deep into it yet, but these people are definitely on the right track of moving from mere blog management to complete site management.

Silenced Voices Most of us are familiar with the fact you can't really separate your blog life from your real life. This site documents what happened when the lives of some livejournal bloggers were separated from them, period.

Female Celebrity Smoking List Possibly the most intense and creepily detailed website that I have ever seen.