Linkspam has been on a brief hiatus because I spent the last five days skiing (and bitching about the cold), sledding, drinking good wine, and reading Kipling to my nephews. Did anything important happen since last Wednesday?

I did see that
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Was the Apollo Program a boondoggle? One of the bloggers at The Economist says no.

The NYTimes interviews Junot Diaz.

Grantland explains why Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was so awful.

The success of DragonCon continues to fund the criminal defense of this accused pedophile. EW. ::twitches ( Read more... )

Bruce Schneier has a link to a long-term study on the psychological effects of terrorism.

Chalk another victory up for the success of public health care: the World Health Organization has announced that Guinea worm disease is about to be completely eradicated. (Beware a seriously disturbing photo at the top of that page! Ewww!) It's been ( Read more... )

Go for a 4-mile run in the cool, foggy woods with the dog, follow it up with a hot shower (it's only in the low 50s here), and eat leftover peach-ginger pie for breakfast.

Now I'm off to get my hair cut and do some writing, I think.

Also? The season 1 Community gag reel is just as funny the second time around.

Crossposted from DW, where there ( Read more... )

SF Signal being remarkably sensible about multi-culturalism; how long until the trolls arrive? [Later note: oh, they have arrived, and are being deleted as they post. Yay for active moderation.]

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Linda Holmes at Monkey See notes approvingly Ashley Judd's comments on body-policing in the media.

MightyGodKing has a run-down on Romney's ( Read more... )

I read Born to Run last summer--not any Springsteen-related thing, but the nonfiction book by Christopher McDougall about long-distance running. One of the key figures in the book is El Caballo Blanco, aka Micah True, a rangy expatriate American that McDougall discovered running legendary distances with the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon. It' ( Read more... )

The Secret Service has been chasing $40m in Double Eagles for seventy years.

Vintage Space has a carnival of Spaaaaace!

Grantland has an oral history of the Malice in the Palace, that epic bench-clearing brawl involving NBA players and fans.

These photos of underwater dogs must be seen to be appreciated. Amazing! My favorite is the Golden with ( Read more... )

Boingboing has an interview with a scientist who studies multi-tasking. It links to a couple of tests for multi-tasking.

As an antidote to the distasteful Anonymous, I give you William Shakespeare, Gangster. Heh.

By way of Bookslut: did you know that we call folks "guys" because of Guy Fawkes? I did not ( Read more... )

Anyone reading me who isn't reading Ta-Nehisi Coates on a regular basis probably isn't going to at this point. But even if you are sick of me talking about him, I do recommend reading today's post about running and patriotism. I would not argue for a pride that insists America has worked out all of its problems, and evidences that work by ( Read more... )

1. Five month old golden retriever puppies may not be as cute as two month old puppies, but they're a hell of a lot better behaved. (And your toes are much safer ( Read more... )