Octobr 11, 2012: Morning
- Brief, accessible guide to the vice-president and his rival in preparation for tonight's debate.
- Related: Ryan's appeal and positions reduced to a children's poem.
- Obama's confidence is intact, and as the meme says—which he knows about—"he's got this."
- U.S. troops embrace "Gangnam style."
- Paid for by the committee to re-elect Gralp, by Graham T. Beck.
- See also: What your email salutation reveals about your intentions.
- Pulp's Jarvis Cocker loves the Beatles, but makes a sophisticated case that it's time to move on.
- Pictures of "the extraordinary engaging in the ordinary," like Hendrix sleeping with a teddy bear.
- French woman says the French can do "sophisticated," yes, but absolutely can't do "cool."
- Former Harvard professor charged Hong Kong couple $2 million to get their sons into Harvard.
- It is time to kill the Michelin guide.
- Five-hundred-pound man has lost 200 pounds through bicycle racing.
- Speed-reading the most shocking findings from the USADA’s Lance Armstrong Report.
- Photographs from a bike-and-surf trip down the coast of California.
- Stunts performed around Britain on a very expensive bicycle.
- New site Art.sy attempts to be Pandora for fine art.
- Trailer for fantastic-looking new film Hitchcock.