13 April 2009: Morning

It took only three remarkable shots--one each by snipers firing from a distance at dusk. How Navy Seals rescued Capt. Richard Philips.

Op: Some pirates are gangsters; many--such as the "Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia"--are trying to prevent illegal trawling, nuclear dumping.

"Detonate a dolphin, and save Somalia." Times readers suggest how to catch the pirates.

Cognition-enhancing drugs shortcut human effort and agency--and assume super-smarts are humanity's goal.

My last job had been as an elf at Macy's. "Personal assistant" was how I phrased it, hoping he wouldn't ask for whom. Sedaris meets a man on a train.

The literary convention of highlighting bodily gestures for notation of emotion.

Empowered man murders controlling wife in Lifetime for Men original movie.

"You will neither give me your telephone number now nor will you sleep with me tonight." Seduction for logicians.

The covers of the Criterion Collection's video games, if they existed.

Video: Pitchfork marks the 15th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death with the covers that don't sound like "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

If you don't love cilantro with all your heart I will fight you. No joke.

Garry Trudeau supplies a transcript of Roland Hedley's tweets from the G-20.

As I impulsively blurted "Man, you could play a helluva D&D campaign with this module," the brotherhood of geekery was immediately revealed.