Wayward notes and Comments from the ether in my eyes

The author of long-running "secret diary of a call girl" blog Belle de Jour outs herself. Dr. Brooke Magnanti is a science blogger--and respected health researcher. And she really was a sex worker, for about a year and a half, while finishing her Ph.D. Takeaway lesson: Graduate school is expensive, ...

SAME WE CAN BELIEVE IN: The Obama administration has granted Defense Secty. Robert Gates new powers to block the release of 21 color photos showing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq being abused by Americans. The ACLU sued for release of the images. Federal courts previously rejected attempts to kee ...

Sometimes, from certain places, the light from the sun can briefly appear green. NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day explains, Just as the setting Sun disappears completely from view, a last glimmer appears startlingly green. The effect is typically visible only from locations with a low, distant ho ...

For most, there will have been only one game released this week (and that most includes a number of major publishers, who, gun-shy from the competition, have pushed their own releases to Q1 of next year): Infinity Ward's return to the Modern Warfare franchise they laid down in 2007. Modern Warfare 2 ...

Saul Hansell suggests that hated U.S. cellular carrier practices such as text message markups and fee-packed contracts ultimately give American consumers what they really want: predictable bills. In pursuit of this we learn of the psychological "nuances" of pricing and the "supersized logic" of usin ...

Stephen Harper was clear on the need to build tighter ties with Asia on Sunday but vague on the details.

Police are looking for a shooter and a victim after witnesses reported gunfire from an SUV Saturday in Bloor West Village.

One in two cigarettes smoked in Ontario is illegal, robbing provincial and federal coffers of more than $2 billion a year.

Flipping through her wedding album, a 30-page collection of glossy photos with sugary captions such as "Perfect Match," Sandeep Kaur grimaces as she recalls her wedding last year to a yo ...

One in two cigarettes smoked in Ontario is illegal, robbing provincial and federal coffers of more than $2 billion a year and raising concerns about children gaining easy access to tobacco ...