MONDAY, December 20, 2010

Russian scientists evaluated the risk and decided to open the Chernoble nuclear melt-down site to tourists.  Souvenir-hunters are going crazy.  Where else can you vacation and bring home an extra body part?

According to studies by the Highway Safety Council, New York City commuters spend the most time each working day behind the wheel.  And that’s not counting time spent trying to shake off beggars attempting to squeegee their windshield in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Last April, China tested its control of the internet by intercepting 15% of e-mail traffic for less than a nanosecond.  It would have gone unnoticed, but several of the messages contained a strip along the bottom with the sender’s fortune.

While internet use by Americans 65 and older is on the rise, only 4% in that age group use Twitter.  Probably due to confusion over the term.  In their day, “twittering” was what they did in the backseat of a ‘49 Buick.

New York City’s mayor Michael Bloomberg has asked Christmas tree lot owners to keep them open 24-7 -- for security, shopping convenience, and to simulate the forests which were stripped bare by developers.