Hands-free: People on both sides of the issue say they’re unhappy with the bill that cracks down on holding cell phones while driving. Some say the measure goes too far; others contend it doesn’t go far enough.
One thing is certain: Once we’re all driving around in our Bluetooth headsets, Washington will surpass Delaware as the dorkiest state in the union.
What’s in a name: Internet pornography sites may soon get a new suffix, “.xxx.”
A few other suffixes under consideration:
“.qte”: Cute-cat-photo sites.
“.nut”: Sites promoting claims that Barack Obama was born in Kenya or George W. Bush masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
“.sap”: Sites that sell snake-oil remedies or get-rich-quick schemes.
Planet punch line: On this day in 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
Interestingly, on this day in 1938 the first “Uranus” joke was made by an eighth- grader in Hackensack, N.J.
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