It will be the 30th anniversary of Boney M's immortal tune Rasputin.

The Dead Kennedys officially formed in June 1978, but they didn't start to hit the relative big-time (in the context of being a snarly, snotty, highly political underground punk band) until 1980.

That year, the group released its debut LP - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.

And my world was never the same again. :)

From the BBC:

The Malaysian government has reversed a decision to ban a Christian newspaper using the word Allah to refer to God.

The government had threatened to refuse to give the Weekly Herald a publishing permit if it continued to use the word.

The paper's editor said the word had long been used by Christians to refer to God in the Malay language.

The ruling was immediately condemned by civil rights and Christian groups in Malaysia, who said it infringed their right to practice their religion.

But Malaysia's internal security department demanded the word be removed, saying only Muslims could use it.

I just phoned for a cab and had the following exchange:

Dispatcher: Where you going? 9 Channel Nine? (i.e. CTV)

Me: You read my mind.

Dispatcher: Well, I used to work for a psychic line.