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A Variety of Items, Some Involving Gender Confusion at the Highest Levels of Government

President Bush spent Friday lauding women reformers across the globe. And then Reuters discovered that one of those celebrated women, Fathi Jahmi, is actually a man. (This was an awkward moment for Reuters. "Oh. Oh my," said Reuters. "Oh my goodness. Holy crap. I'm sorry.")

Meanwhile, a good friend of mine from Lakeland, Florida, my old stomping grounds, has successfully entered an 18-minute movie into the TamBay Film and Video Festival. Josiah and I had the chance to watch a rough cut of "Intangibles" last summer, and it is pretty darn good. It's funny, and violent, and the soundtrack has tracks from Bowie, Radiohead and Crooked Fingers, so you know what it kicks.

And since we're talking music, I've decided that if I had to save one record label from a coming nuclear holocaust, it would be Sub Pop. Check out these MP3s -- especially the Iron & Wine and Shins tracks -- and see if you don't agree.