Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead (“All of these studies tell the same story: Gasoline lead is responsible for a good share of the rise and fall of violent crime over the past half century.”)
Bookish Linkage
- It took the NYT until January 3 to determine “the best book you’ll read this year” I’m so relieved. I don’t know if I could have waited any longer.
- The best awful library books of 2012
- Top 100 most searched for out-of-print books in 2012
- Ten addictive (SF) book series. I’ve not read a word of any.
Nonbookish Linkage
- The Kennedy assassin who failed
- Top 10 legally weird stories of 2012
- The murky history of Foosball
- The 13 best worst SF movies Of all time. I’ve seen two.
Expectations can block the light.
Neil Young, Waging Heavy Peace
