I have Friday off and will be skiing again for two days at Mt. Snow (current conditions here - when they call it "granular," they mean like gravel, but if it warms up a little it's a nice ride), so I will leave our readers with this "stack of stuff":
Kipling in Vermont. Neoneoneo
Map of the languages of Europe, via Siberian Light
Instrument of Surrender. Englishman's Castle
Al Gore's inconvenient wealth. And that's not including this extra $35 million on the way.
Let us Talk of Many Things. It's a good intro to Bill Buckley's thinking.
7 Senate seats to watch
Man-made floods in the Grand Canyon. We have mentioned many times here that flooding is good and natural. Foolish to live where floods happen, though: if you are asking for it, do not come crying to me.
Therapists' offices. NYT
Your gift cards could become worthless.
Cribbage Nazis in Maine. Speaking of the Nanny State, watch what you read. It might "offend" some Sensitivity Nazi.
I have a mental illness, says Eric:
It may well be that I am suffering from some sort of mental illness. Whether to call it "Hillaryphobia" I don't know. "Clintonphobia" is more like it, as I view them as inseparable people. FWIW, I think they suffer from Comegalomania. I know I complain a lot about Hillary's screeching voice, but to tell the truth, just about every time Bill puts on his angry satyr face and throws another tantrum, I have the same reaction. I've had Clinton fatigue for years, but to see them alive again and playing their same old dirty tricks, appalls, disgusts and annoys me as few things can.
Threat to home-schooling in Calif. I guess the union feels threatened.
Note to the RAF: Hide! Truly unbelievable.
How dare she? I am with Coyote on Mrs. Obama. A multi-millionaire Princeton and Harvard grad makes a national complaint about how difficult life is, about her college loans, and about getting good babysitters - while telling me to get a low-paying job in a "caring" profession. What a baby. Nobody owes her anything, least of all a (proud) UMass grad like me (where I stupidly majored in Domestic Beer Studies with a minor in Coed Studies - but it wasn't my fault).
From Insty:
ALI ETERAZ on Harvard's gym-closing mistake. Meanwhile, some readers wonder if Harvard will close its gyms to openly gay men at certain hours, so that straight men who are made uncomfortable by gays can work out without being uncomfortable. It appears that they're in sync with Islamic thought . . . .
Why Cass Sunstein likes Obama. A puff piece? I do not take political advice from Mr. Sunstein. Still, Obama seems like an amiable, bright guy. Wrong politics, though.
The Dems' FL and MI mess: The Hill
What happens next? Rove on politics
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