Bullet Points 09/13/07

Here are today’s bullet points:

• Resources on Race: Timmy Brister provides a host of links to resources dealing with the subject of race.

• New X-ray Makes Ancient Texts Readable: Formerly unreadable manuscripts are now decipherable (HT: Engadget).

The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The technique employs Britain’s new facility, the Diamond synchrotron, and could be used on works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or musical scores by Bach.

• MTV to Air Bisexual Dating Show:

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” is another dating competition series but with a controversial twist. The competitors vying for internet sensation Tila Tequila, a 25-year-old entertainer whose real last name is Nguyen, are 16 straight men and 16 lesbians. The 32 “suitors” will live in Tila’s house and compete to impress her as the competition narrows each week.

• Web Site Sells Alibis for Adulterers: I don’t even know what to say to this (HT: MMI).

Looking to get away for a weekend fling without getting caught? A new French company provides would-be adulterers with custom-made excuses that help take the danger of discovery out of cheating. Founded six months ago by former private eye Regine Mourizard, Web- based Ibila can cook up invites to phony weekend seminars, fake emergency phone calls from work, invitations to nonexistent weddings—anything to justify cheating spouses’ absence.

Also, in case you missed them, here are the other posts from today:

• D. James Kennedy Funeral Service Live
• MacArthur and Pagitt on Yoga

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