Second Life bank crash foretold financial crisis, from MSNBC, courtesy of Brad.

In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?, from the Onion News Network, courtesy of Heather.

Genesis on Facebook, from College Humor, courtesy of Robin D.

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, courtesy of Josh and Susan.

Geek Pop Star, from New York Magazine, about Malcolm Gladwell.

What's the Matter With Greenwich?: Why the rich voted for Obama against their own economic interest, from Slate.

Obama the Political Entrepreneur, from OpenMarket.org.

Preparing for the Obama Era: Bush Officials and President-Elect Working Together On Pressing Issues, from the Washington Post.

Secrets of the 2008 Campaign, from Newsweek.

Winkin', from Dooce.

Someone Should Have Warned Them, from Cato @ Liberty. "By almost every measure, government grew bigger, more expensive, and more intrusive under President Bush and the Republican Congress."

@MarsPhoenix's Twitter Epitaphs, from Wired Science.

Keep Virginia Red, from Cato @ Liberty.

Palin Rap, from Saturday Night Live. I can't stop watching this!

The Boys on the Bus, from The Daily Beast, courtesy of Heather. "From Steve Schmidt's bad Karaoke performance to Dennis Kucinich's nut thievery, campaign reporters share their best—and most hilarious—memories from the trail."

Doesn't Anyone Care About Moral Hazard Anymore?, from NPR.

Bogus Trend of the Week: Dudes With Cats: The New York Times' Sunday Styles section detects a new craze, from Slate.

What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask, from Slate.

Sorry, Fido, It’s Just a Guy Thing, from The New York Times, courtesy of Robin. This is about cats and the straight men who love them. :)

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Mock the Vote, from Entertainment Weekly, courtesy of Alison.

Alaska vs. Hawaii: Why is Seward's Folly the "real America" and the Aloha State not?, from Slate.

Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals, from The New York Times - Freakonomics Blog.

The Old Neighborhood: My Alaska, and Sarah Palin's, deserves better from America, from Slate.

Where Did the Government Get $85 Billion?: Was it just lying around somewhere?, from Slate.

Adam Smith Meets Climate Change: How the theory of moral sentiments could be applied to cap-and-trade greenhouse-gas emissions, from Slate.

Sarah Palin Gender Card, from The Daily Show.

Bristol Palin's Choice, from The Daily Show.

The Daily Show's new billboard in St. Paul.

A Cure For Real Estate Amnesia, from NPR.

Cokie: Hawaii Too Foreign For Obama, from Talking Points Memo, courtesy of Josh.

Reviewed: Dave Zabriskie’s Nuts, from FatCyclist.com.

Large Hadron Rap, from YouTube, courtesy of Ed.

On the road looking for typos: Grammar-conscious pals set signs straight, from The Boston Globe, and Vandals in Hot Water for 'Fixing' Typo on Historic Grand Canyon Sign, from Fox News, both courtesy of Ed.

Redesigning the Stop sign, from YouTube, courtesy of Jennifer.

Chris Horner Gives Fallen Rider (and bike) a 2k Ride to the Finish, from The Everyday Athlete, courtesy of Dave.

Bacon Mania, from Salon, courtesy of Eugene.

So You Wanna Be An Olympian, by Kathryn Bertine, from ESPN. Great series -- will be expanded and published as a book next spring.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10
• Part 11
• Part 12
• Part 13

A must-read. An Open Letter to CyclingNews.com, from Fat Cyclist. Fatty's commentary on a particularly exciting stage of the 2005 TdF kicks CyclingNews.com's ass.

Old, Drunk Man Lost At Sea, from the Outside blog.

Obama Supporters Take His Name as Their Own, from The New York Times.

;( Has modern life killed the semicolon?, from Slate.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, from The New York Times.

Putting Meat Back in Its Place, from The New York Times.

RefundPlease.com helps you get refunds on Amazon purchases when the price has dropped within 30 days after purchase.

What's in a Last Name?, from The New York Times.

California Gay-Marriage Rush, from Slate V. Sniff, sniff.

Does Google Hate America? The search giant rankles the right by declining to commemorate certain holidays, from Slate.

How To Win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest: A champion reveals the recipe for victory, from Slate.

Confessions of a Readaholic, from YouTube, courtesty of Heather.

The Uneven Playing Field, on the higher rates of injury in girls' sports, from The New York Times.

OPEN LETTER (to people who push their dogs in strollers), from Mighty Girl.

Jon Stewart with Will Farrel as George Bush.

The Fizz-dom of Crowds: If prediction markets are so great, why have they been so wrong lately?, from Slate.

Dirty Phone Tricks for the Presidential Campaign: Beware, some callers have hidden agendas, from Slate.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats, from YouTube, courtesy of my sister.

Iceland Has Power To Burn: The tiny island nation can teach the United States valuable lessons about energy policy, from Slate.

Stop the Mortgage Bailout!

The BSNYC April Fools' Day Round-Up, from BikeSnobNYC.

Practicing Patients, from The New York Times. The intersection of Web 2.0 and pharmaceuticals.

Tabby Road, from I Can Haz Cheezburger.

Cribs with Louis XVI, from YouTube.

Awareness Test, from YouTube, courtesy of every cyclist I know.

Clinton's tepid response to Ferraro is shameful, from MSNBC, courtesy of Alison.

The Aloha Spirit: Caucusing in Hawaii, from Slate.

Hardballs: How would Chris Matthews sound if he talked to men like he talks to women?, from Slate.

Kitty co-pilot, courtesy of Kris.

Humour: Tips for Becoming a Roadie, from Bike Radar (by the Fat Cyclist).

This Explains a Lot, from Subway Knitter. This post is about the Mittens of the Beast.

Daniel Wasserman's editorial cartoons, from The Boston Globe.

Hawaii on a Dime, from The New York Times.

Iceland on the Daily Show, courtesy of Brad, who confirms that the translations are accurate. Deserter Storm Part 1 and Part 2.

Freakonomics: Unintended Consequences, from The New York Times.

LibriVox, free audio books in the public domain.

The Baby Primary: Can I get my 5-month-old daughter photographed with every presidential candidate?, from Slate.

Kitty Wigs, courtesty of Rach.