1. Firstly, my thoughts and best wishes go out to everyone affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan -- if you're in Japan right now and can read this, I hope you're doing OK, and if you have family and/or friends in Japan I hope you know they're doing OK too! It's assumed the students from my college studying abroad in Japan right now are ( Read more... )

CURRENT FAVORITE:
Porcelain Raft, "Dragonfly"

--I'm just gonna go ahead and dump all the remaining links I have -- no quoting and very little commentary this time around.  And because Iran (and to a certain extent, the Green Movement) is back in the news again, I'm starting with that:

( Not all of them are serious business, trust me! )