3 February 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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And Barack Obama, if you believe everything you read, combines the best of every single ex-president, except perhaps Millard Fillmore.
Obama is a walking analogy; if he were a punctuation mark, he'd be a colon. Why Obama is not like other presidents.
Iraqi heavy-metal band finds refuge, scenery for bad band photo in New Jersey.
See also: The bad band photo hall of fame.
Japanese whalers fight environmentalists with military-grade acoustic weapons, concussion grenades.
China deals with nationwide protests, doesn't know whether to collude with businessmen or force their hand.
We expect free internet, but finding a business model for that proves difficult.
Interactive: Timeline of Twitter chatter during the Super Bowl.
"Mental simulation--imagination--can improve performance in sport and other skilled behaviors." Reading and experience memory are linked.
By flattening his metaphysics, by letting everything be essential, Updike discovered a new richness. How Updike channeled Rothko.
An evening at Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, a Smiths-themed speed-dating event.
F*** My Life collects everyday life stories with the same ending.
Personalized bookmarks left in books; random objects found in books.
