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Weekend Edition: 10-24

Worthwhile Reading in the Interweb Tubes

Vaccines & Autism: A Deadly Manufactroversy (Via.)

Fifteen Things More Important Than Money (Via.)

Blog Headlines of the Week

Marijuana legalizers do victory lap, stop to cough and wheeze

Bob Dylan Christmas Album Reviewed: Jewish Ex-Christian Kills Christmas via Songs

Blog Line of the Week

Margaret Howie […]

Friday Follies 1.18

North Korea has amended its constitution. In inimitable North Korean style, the “contents of the revision have not been made public” by its government.

“Miss California USA officials want Carrie Prejean to repay $5,200 they say she borrowed to have her breasts augmented last year.”

But that may not top this: Defective Underwear Causes Penis […]

Booking Through Thursday: One question

If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be?

Sorry, but I can’t resist making this like asking the genie from the bottle for more wishes with your one wish. So, I’d say to Kurt Vonnegut, “Why don’t we chat […]

Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh

No one is immune from genre-bashing. What’s come to be known as historical fiction is one of those genres at which I tend to look askance. I’m guilty of often considering it little more than a costume drama, where the author simply places characters and situations in a historical setting. But it’s also a genre […]

Luring me to the dark side

A couple things are luring me over to the dark side — an e-book reader.

If you weren’t under a rock the last 24 hours, you know Barnes & Noble is releasing an e-reader, which Wired immediately said would cause Kindle owners “a giant dose of buyer’s remorse.” Now I’ve struggled over whether to get […]