On the dot

What, no .orgy? As the corporation responsible for Internet URL addresses prepares to release new suffixes beyond .com and .org, businesses, celebrities and others are buying up .porn, .sex and .xxx URLs to prevent anyone from creating a website with the address TaylorSwift.sex or Microsoft.porn.

We can see why Taylor Swift is getting ahead of this, but what self-respecting porn peddler is going to go near the words “micro” and “soft”?

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Among tonight’s TV choices is “Surviving Marriage” on A&E, a blend of “Survivor” and couples therapy on a South Pacific island.

Expect the discussions to sound something like: “What I hear you saying is that you don’t like how I apply suntan lotion” and “We agreed not to fight in front of the Tribal Council.”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1765, Britain enacted a law that required American colonists to provide housing to British soldiers.

A notice on the door informed soldiers that checkout time was July 4, 1776.

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