September 6, 2011: Afternoon
- Over a thousand homes in Texas destroyed by wildfires; 23 fires and counting.
- The scandal around Chirac isn't about him skipping court for being sick; it's about French justice avoiding him for so long.
- Teddy Wayne interprets Dick Cheney's post-9/11 dreams.
- See also: Teddy Wayne exists in Bret Easton Ellis's orbit.
- "Mexican military helicopters have permission to use Texas as a staging ground for missions into Mexico to fight drug traffickers."
- Celebrity testimonials and unproven treatments push sports medicine into the realm of pseudoscience.
- Oregon's football power attributed to uniform design.
- New favorite celebrity-interviewing format: "7 Minutes in Heaven," e.g., with Kristen Wiig.
- Non-hugger attends cuddling workshop.
- 1776 Britons spoke more like Americans than today's Britons.
- We may not know the etymology of "nerd", but short form of ne'er-do-well isn't a terrible guess.
- Best way to reduce stress of replying to email or crafting perfect messages: use the phone.
- The Thousand, by TMN's Kevin Guilfoile, out today in paperback with a kick-ass new cover.
- See also: New cover for You Lost Me There, by TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin.
- P.J. O'Rourke condemns summer.
- Physics, effects of different tennis court surfaces.
- Luc Sante defends his enormous library.