The Winner of American Idol, Season 6, is Announced Early

OK, major spoiler alert.
Watching the American Idol announcement tonight about the next four voted off, I could help but feel somehow detached from each exit. Why? Because the winner of Season 6 has already been announced… by Jim Ambach.
Yes, Jim has a blog on eBay, and he posted yesterday his grand prediction: [...]

OpenCongress.com Beta

Catching up on my friends’ blogs tonight. Found this tidbit from John really interesting.
Check out OpenCongress.org — an exceptionally important site brought to you by the same folks who bring you the very cool Democracy Player.
Sort of like a Wikipedia for US Congress, everything is hyperlinked, cross-referenced & RSSified.
It is a great way of [...]

George Washington Dollar Coins: First Significant Mint Error Found (Missing Edge Lettering)

There is a nice post on the Coin Collectors Blog today about the new Presidential $1 Dollar Coin program. It seems that there have been verified reports of some of the dollar coins actually missing their edge lettering. The Tallahassee Democrat verifies at least five of these coins, and apparently one has already sold on [...]