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Weekend Edition: 12-19

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Tomorrow’s first annual Do Nothing But Read Day ranks with Festivus on the list of days that need to be declared offical holidays. (Via.)

Blog Headlines of the Week

Bug powder causes male bedbugs to stab each other to death with their penises

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

The U.S. Congress And […]

Friday Follies 1.25

The North Face makes good on threat to sue The South Butt.

“A man claims a judge chased him down a road, had him handcuffed and threatened to have him shot after he broke up with the judge’s daughter.” (Via.)

Here’s why people don’t feel bad for downloading music illegally.

Take your pick for year-end […]

Bookish challenges for next year

There’s a few things I’m going to embark on for next year from both a personal and blog standpoint. One is reading challenges and the other deals with book reviews.

I joined four reading challenges in 2009, two of which I completed by the middle of the year. I completed the third August 1 and […]

My best Christmas presents arrive today

We all remember how eagerly we looked forward to Christmas as kids. Though our enthusiasm and fervor may diminish over the years, it often is because the focus has changed. As we got older, we anticipated Christmas break as much if not more than gifts. As we became parents, we thrived on the infectious excitement […]

Bloggers in federal shield law headed to Senate floor

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent to the Senate floor a version of the Free Flow of Information Act that appears to include bloggers.

Briefly stated, a shield law protects journalists from having to disclose sources to prosecutors unless certain requirements are met. One of the battles to date is who would be protected […]