A little more news

Apparently there's a scientific controversy over whether the "Black Death" of the late Middle Ages was caused by Bubonic Plague. Someone who thinks it wasn't suggests it was caused by an unknown virus that could still be around.

Today, the Washington Post reported the last scene of Act 1 of the Washingtonienne saga. The print edition published a photo of the lass, one Jessica Cutler, but they didn't put it online. For that we need, of course, Wonkette. I think Wonkette is the blonde and Washingtonienne is the brunette.

HP makes much of its profit from... printer ink. So much for the "paperless office," says the Chronicle writer.