It was a grey and listless Sunday following a largely sleepless Saturday night, so I was a touch out of sorts today. Here's what I've been looking at (other than a whole lot of X-Files DVDs).

• So the first month of hurricane season has passed without incident. Feel a little more relaxed? This AP animation will put a stop to that.
• Anyone know anything about kaboo.org? A friend got hit with some weird kind of phishing thing on their site, ending up with her entire yahoo.com address book being used to solicit members. I was only able to find out a limited about of information.
• If, like me, you find yourself suffering from occasional bouts of outrage fatigue, our friends at the ACLU have some handy tips on avoiding activist burnout.
• "When I come into someone's house, the first thing I do is look at their bookshelf," Mr. Spalding admits. "This is totally that thing -- it's books as mental furniture." From a Wall Street Journal interview with Tim Spaulding, creator of LibraryThing, the service bookslut.com calls "MySpace for people who are over 16 and can spell."
• Speaking of MySpace, as a lark I set up a page for myself. Six hours later I had come-ons from several prostitutes. I begin to see why this site is popular. But hey, two musicians I enjoy turned out to have pages, so it's far from a total loss. [Warning to those unfamiliar with MySpace: it often plays music in your face whether you like it or not.] As an aside, Blogger's spell-check wants to replace MySpace with mishaps; I find this humorous.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to catalog some more books. Why yes, I do lead an exciting life, don't I?