Quick Takes

Who needs condoms? News item: Australian
scientists are touting lemon juice as an alternate form of
contraception, claiming a few drops of lemon juice squeezed onto a
piece of sponge and placed into the vagina before sex kills sperm
and HIV.

Packets of lemon juice (from concentrate) are available at
LuValle Commons. (Note: Despite what they say, please use condoms.
They’re a good thing.)

Crew members say bye, bye, bye News item: The
crew members of the space shuttle, Atlantis, reportedly had an
affectionate and emotional farewell with the Russian astronaut crew
at the International Space Station on Wednesday.

A small consolation to the Russian crew is Lance Bass’
possible made-for-TV visit to the space station. You have
been warned Bruce Willis is in talks for a fourth
installment of the Die Hard franchise.

The movie’s title will apparently be Die Hard 4: Die
Hardest with More Vengeance, Harder.

Sinners and (candidate for) saints This day in
history: (1931) Mobster Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion and
sentenced to 11 years in prison. (1971) Mother Theresa was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize.

Supermarket tabloid headlines = quality
“Family’s TV Picks Up Space-Alien Porn” (from
Weekly World News).

You say it’s your birthday Sarah Ferguson
and Emeril Lagasse turn 51 today.

And the hard part is keeping it off.

Bushspeak as a second language: “The
other day, you saw progress when this fellow named bin al-Shibh, he
popped his head up.” And later on in the same speech:
“Some communities you say, hey, American Dream ““ and
they go, what does that mean? I don’t know what you’re
talking about.”

Wow.

Compiled by Sharon Kim, Daily Bruin Staff with reports from WWN,
White House transcript (Oct. 5).