September 30, 2011: Morning
- A study of Twitter moods finds everyone has nearly the same ups and downs throughout the day.
- How do I make my document look like it was written by an Cthulhu worshipping madman?
- Only the truly bookish could penetrate the "atmosphere of funlessness" once found in small bookstores.
- Congo peace nonprofit apologizes to LA street artists for pasting over renowned LA mural.
- Taymor's lawsuit over unpaid Spider-Man royalties set to begin arbitration next week.
- Unpaid Black Swan interns sue for wages, claim making coffee doesn't meet Dept. of Labor internship standards.
- How a forager for wild food became an unlikely culinary darling.
- This year's Ig Nobel prizes go to wasabi-shooting alarms for the deaf, research on how nature's call affects decisions.
- Athletic surfers try to revive the long-neglected art of crochet.
- Former punk rock drummer Leland Bobbé's photos of gritty '70s New York.
- Sinatra remembers the day he switched from pencil to ink for his daily Times crossword puzzle.
- 1944 map of a beautiful, meandering Mississippi.