We were in Seattle this weekend, and came across this Volvo in Wallingford. While we may not be hip enough to know what the kids at the Rickshaw Stop are going to be wearing this weekend, we do know that none of them have a car that embodies this amount of anti-hipster hipster cool. Wow.......

Winona "Winnie" Tong comes to the Bay Area from the cool climes of beautiful Canada. Her profile reads like the history of personal computing which, frankly, it is (and, at least in the early years, mirrors our own experience -- except she started on an Apple and moved to WinTel, and we went vice-versa). Now, of course, it's Web 2.0, and instead of BBS systems and ICQ chat, she's got a blog, Creative Constipation.......

Oh man, this is cool on so many levels. First, you've got your crafter chic, and by a local blogger, no less. That's an awesome piece of handmade American merchandise. Conversation starter? Got it. Good cause? In spades. But the best part is that it's for sale!This Flying Spaghetti Monster plush toy will be on sale on ebay tonight. All proceeds up to $1000 will be matched and donated to the National Center for......

Last week, UC Berkeley was sued by anti-evolutionists for putting on a Web site links to sites about Evolution. The reason for the lawsuit is that the site listed a bunch of religious sites that show that evolution and religion can be more Ebony & Ivory than oil & water. The reason for the lawsuit? Because by listing sites with religious ties, it violates separation of church & state and endorses religion. Again, a group of people who are against the teaching of evolution mainly on religious grounds are suing UC, as well as the National Science Foundation who gave UC funding, for talking up the religion. ...

Religious organizations filed suit in a Los Angeles federal court last week claiming that the UC system discriminates against religion for not allowing classes taught in Christian schools to count in regards to admissions. While the classes disallowed run the gamut from literature and history, the biggest bone of contention is science. See, the UC people think that a science course should only count as a science course if only science is taught. Certain religoius organizations, however, disagree. The Religious groups who filed the suit say that in disallowing text books and classes used in Christian schools, they are making it harder for children who attend the schools to get into UC schools. Thus the discrimination part. California is the only state so far to rule that classes teaching that the world was either created 6,000 years ago and in seven days or put together by some mysterious figure named Grog in a petri dish shouldn't count. Says a UC flak, trying hard to keep from rolling her eyes:

"These requirements were established after careful study by faculty and staff to ensure that students who come here are fully prepared with broad knowledge and the critical thinking skills necessary to succeed."