Dahlia Lithwick, a Slate writer, covers the interstate wine-shipping case with panache. Every piece about these consolidated cases starts with the reporter going off to some exotic mom-and-pop winery in some state that isn't Michigan …
Yes, Will Franken's one-man shows at the Marsh take place at 11pm, when I sort of want to go to sleep. Oh well. This one is "Ohio! Ohio! Ohio! (You Can Say It Ten Times) …
I'm watching Atul Gawande talk about "The Imperfect Science of Medicine". Actually, I am listening to his speech to distract part of my brain from the boring boring customer service stuff so I can do …
My obsession with Malcolm Gladwell includes watching a 45-minute speech that he gave to Lucent and taking the Connector test from The Tipping Point.
Instant Messaging with Leonard about religion: Sumana: I found out why they don't take vows and oaths Leonard: uus? Sumana: no, Quakers Sumana: sorry Sumana: no, UUs don't take oaths because they don't believe anything …
More Alton Brown fanness: "He makes me feel special." and the perhaps obsolete observation that "it goes without saying that because it is fairly intelligent, it is woefully underpromoted".
"PNC also calculates a core index, excluding the six swans a-swimming, because the price of swans is so volatile."
"Turn round the questions asked of black people and you may get the point." Via Sarah.
