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If you're the sort who'd care, you probably already know that Bush's supreme court nominee believes Roe v. Wade should be overruled, but you might have missed Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which he and two other federal judges ruled that the President has the authority to set up whatever justice system he deems necessary to fight terrorism. We're gonna miss Justice O'Connor.

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Sent books, and bought a smaller microwave. I know people who hate Best Buy, some of them related to me by blood, but twice now I've enjoyed being advised by a salesperson to buy the cheaper of the models I'm thinking of. "Tell me why this one's more expensive," I asked. "The color," he said, "I'd get the white one." Last time it was DVD/VCRs, and the answer was "The nameplate. I'd buy the Sanyo."

Leaving the post office, I took a turn off my virtual map of the area, navigated my way home, and after seven years living in Silicon Valley, learned how two places I sometimes go connect to each other. (De Anza College and my doctor's office.) Three things I passed were:

• A previously unknown Trader Joe's location.
• A woman in a bikini waving a sign up and down that said "COMPUTER REPAIR."
• A cornfield, or at least a planted field with signs out front that said "FRESH PICKED CORN."

Surely this information will be useful.

problem solved

The microwave manual expressly recommends testing dishes for microwave safety by microwaving them.