Due to the overwhelming number of problems our readers have been having with QuarkXPress, it has become apparent that an entire section ofour forums needs to be devoted to the cause. So, if you have a Quark question, a bug to report, a nit to pick or if you have a bit of know-how when it comes to QuarkXPress, I would invite you to take a look at the posts in the QuarkXPress Commiseration Area. Even if we are unable to solve your problem, it's always a bit of a comfort to know that you're not alone in your suffering.

Quark is shitting it all up.

MacMerc.com: QuarkXPress Commiseration Area now open in our forums

Scientists are developing a pill that helps people quit smoking and slim down at the same time

Why not work erections into the mix. It'll be a spam sensation.

BBC NEWS | Health | One pill for obesity and smoking

Eventually the software will let people publish some or all of the information they collect to the web to let them create their own biographical blog.

Be your own Big Brother.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Log your life via your phone

] PATCHOGUE, N.Y. - A man was shot in the face and killed
] during a Masonic initiation ceremony by a fellow member
] who mistakenly pulled out a real pistol instead of a
] blank gun, police said Tuesday.

Yahoo! News - Man Killed During Masonic Initiation

Gerrymandering, the practice of remapping political districts for partisan political gain, is becoming a serious problem. As described in Jeffrey Toobin’s excellent New Yorker article, The Great Election Grab, new computer software allows whatever party controls the state legislature to redraw districts so finely and accurately that of the 435 House seats, only about 30 are actually contested.

Gotta love "democracy" in action.

Gerrymandering: How Politicians Steal Votes and You Can Return Them (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog)

He's actually more eloquent drunk. He still seems dumb though.

Dubya drunk on video.

St Luke's Church in Maidstone, All Saints Church and Loose Baptist Church in the village of Loose, and St Peter's Church in nearby Boughton Monchelsea, have purchased 3,000 cinema tickets at £6.50 each.

Friggin' hypocrits. These are probably the same people that condemn violence and gore in film. What the fuck? I guess its ok to show inhuman beatings, so long as your beating the shit out of christ. If it's good enough for the christians, it should be good enough for everyone. The next time I hear some religous asshole whining about any violence...EVER, I'm going to burn his bible.

Ananova - Churches snap up Gibson film tickets

Design Your iPod Giveaway" giveaway. "Submit the winning, fully original iPod concept illustration for the new iPodlounge iPod Concept Gallery. The winning concept may be hand-drawn or rendered, 2D, or 3D, and must depict a mostly realistic vision of a next generation iPod." The winner will receive a free 15GB iPod custom painted by ColorWare in their choice of 24 colors, including a name or logo printed on the back.  

This might be a fun way to score a free ipod.

MacMinute: 'Design Your iPod Giveaway' launched

"They are removing the church from religious practice, the skin from sadomasochism and the school from schoolchildren. And they may be pointing the way to the future of human interaction.

Each of the subjects of Ann Shin's smart, deadpan new documentary Almost Real are immersed in Internet-driven communities. Included are a monk who leads prayer groups on the Web, a student who works with online tutors, and whip-and-chain-crossed lovers who share abuse and affection via their computers."

Wired News: Living Life in Virtual Reality

] So let’s see if I have this correct. Have an audience
] and be overtly critical of the government, lose your job,
] or at least be beaten into impotency. On the grand scale
] our first amendment rights are non-existent. Doesn’t
] it scare people one little bit that one of the most
] important and basic freedoms we have is being trounced
] right in front of their faces. Freedoms that American
] soldiers are dying for right now? Do tax cuts mean that
] much? Do party hard-liners honestly; have no problem with
] this kind of thing from an elected government? Do they
] just chalk it up historical corruption, governments have
] been corrupt forever, and nothing is going to change
] that now? Am I just a fringe lunatic that thinks this is
] inherently wrong and dangerous? I don’t know anymore.
] It seems as if conservatives and the general public are
] content to let this blatant violation of the Constitution
] go unchecked, as long as it is their party doing the
] violating.

Lenny Bruce's courpse must be letting out a sigh.

Payback: The Bush Connection to Clear Channel Firing Howard Stern; It's Worse than You Thought.