This collection of entries is from June 25, 2004.
Was over at Boing Boing (and noticing what happened to Erin), when I read about this reall cool site: NationMaster. It's a statistical database on... well, everything in the world. Want to know the richest nation in the world? (It's not the U.S.) The most muderous? (The U.S. is 24th) Maybe you want Mortality Rates? Like Contact with powered lawnmower (per capita)? (U.S. is 7th).