Some possibly useful links for you and yours:

I have not used this program and cannot attest to it but it looks possibly cool: Answers.com, a free downloadable reference program.

Meanwhile, if you want to save web pages that might get removed or changed (you know, like the ones with Paris Hilton's Sidekick information), there is Furl.

Bookslut has some links to the literary career of our new Pope.

Via SreeTips, If you feel like procrastinating, read this anti-procrastination plan.

How much time are news shows spending on each topic? Check it and see with the Tyndall Report, as recommended by the Journalist's Toolbox.