My personal favorite magician is Criss Angel. For those who don't know him, he is a master magician and he is known in the U.S.A and the United Kingdom

I'm due to go in for a hernia op. tomorrow and yes I'm worried. Hope I don't catch this PDSA virus. Does anyone out there who's had the same procedure know how long I'll be in?

I rather like this ghost story - not too spooky but rather wistful and cleverly done.

Underwritten and very moving:

http://www.abctales.com/nasar/a_man_who_was_donkey

Try it out!

Oh, a new successful Mars spacecraft launch.

Built right here in my back yard...cooooool.

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/08/08/daily68.html?from_r...

There I was, having a cigarette break outside the office. Minding my own business, a woman came up to me, smiled, said she hadn't seem me around the estate before. I said I didn't live there, but worked for the housing association. "Work for the Housing association" she said , "dressed like worzel gummage?"

Anyone know where the literary cliche of an "American friend" being implicit with adultery comes from?

I'm writing my creative writing dissertation at the moment (thanks to ABC for suddenly coming to life just when I didn't need any distractions!) and for a reasons that are too dull to explain I want my character to be reading a novel in his English class where there is an adulterous American friend. American friends - correct me if I'm wrong - are often associated with adultery. Yes? Any ideas of books that contain these elusive American friends?