Just got back from a family dinner; my New Orleans-loving aunt and uncle were bemoaning the likely catastrophe likely to unfold when Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in the next twelve hours. Chilling stuff.

Still scary, but less in the wrath of god-sort of way and honestly kind of amusing, is a rare video look behind the scenes in North Korea. CNN somehow got their senior asian correspondent and a couple of cameramen into the country, with this five-minute report popping up on their website today.