1. Rick Reilly notes that
all three of the living managers just elected to the Hall of Fame are getting a pass where their players aren't (they're also getting passes on things like spousal abuse and DUIs, but players have been given passes on those fronts for years; it's only when they cross the line and take some steroids that people get really upset).
2.
Can we talk about Susan’s fabulous adventures after Narnia? This isn't the first to bring the problem up (Gaiman and Rowling have both famously done so), but I do love the piece.
3.
Dead Snow 2! Yay! If you like horror and haven't seen
Dead Snow, get it now! It's cheap and it's awesome!
4. Grantland has a
good piece on ACL tears. Pats fans, in light of recent weeks, will find it interesting.
5. The AP breaks a story on the
CIA blunders in Iran that have gotten a man captured and quite possibly killed. Background on why they chose to go public
here.
6.
My TV Show Got Taken By Discovery Channel And Mythbusters.
7.
Despite Flak, Weather Channel Will Still Name Winter Storms. Does anyone outside of the channel use the names?
8.
Michael Needham, the person most responsible for Republicans (en masse) making fools of themselves.
9.
Inside the Rainbow Gulag: The Technicolor Rise and Fall of Lisa Frank.
10. Hey, remember the '90s,
when FPS games had amazing map design? Bonus: Here's all the original Doom maps rendered as 3-D overhead images.