According to this map of nationwide gasoline prices, Oklahoma isn’t a bad place to live. But Wyoming is the best. California makes a poor showing.

A boring British ghost haunts a pub in Yorkshire. Instead of moaning and rattling chains, or even saying “boo,” this decidedly unambitious spectral being watches television, and goes to the toilet.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is proposing mandatory labeling of all sexually eplicit commercial websites. (No mention was made of mandating the use of Offensicons.)

Who said this?

Disapproving myself of transferring the honors and veneration for the great birthday of our republic to any individual, or of dividing them with individuals, I have declined letting my own birthday be known, and have engaged my family not to communicate it. This has been the uniform answer to every application of the kind.

Happy birthday, Thomas Jefferson. (Andrew Cline has assembled a collection of Jefferson quotes, applied to today’s political questions. Good reading.)

Here’s a little advice for all you folks — and you know who you are — who have wild ‘n’ crazy party pics on your blogs. You know, those hilarious snapshots of you pouring Milwaukee’s Best into your pants? Well, you might want to consider deleting that sort of picture, if you’re applying for a job with an organization that does not value trouser-beer-decanting skills highly. Remember that most employers can read, and most of them have Internet connections. Really: it’s in the news.