29 March 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 29 Mar 2010 North Koreans face death to smuggle out information via cell phones. Rome is under siege--notes on the Pope's and Berlusconi's taste in barriers. Harrowing account of the life and death of the Los Angeles Times's Mike Penner/Christine Daniels. Overview of the premium-hair industry: from India's temples to Lady Gaga's head. On nearly becoming the first lady of Poland: "It is unnerving to watch an unrecognizable version of someone you know rather well emerge." Editors chatter about Obama's health care reform copy-edits. F.B.I.'s solicitation for its private serial-killer museum not exactly tasteful (see ad here). Study: Psychopaths can't get no satisfaction and are hardwired to seek rewards. Tasteless puns made about Princess Diana after someone's eaten off her face. Examples of edible books; pictures of Obama in awe. Instapaper for the commute: Gopnik meets Le Fooding. Explaining the shifting views of Lewis Carroll, from kindly uncle to nymphet-chaser. Mitch Hedberg day: jokes; "Just for Laughs"; "Strategic Grill Locations." Video: The internet in 1969.
