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.

Don't Fear Starbucks: Why the franchise actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses, from Slate

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Holy Nonsense: Mitt Romney's windy, worthless speech, from Slate, courtesy of Alison.

BSNYC TV: Putting Bikes on the Air.

But Doc, the Dog's Already Dead!: How to say no to your vet, from Slate.

The iPhone Freedom Fighters: Don't be afraid: Unlocking Apple's superphone is legal, ethical, and just plain fun, from Slate.

Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism, from The New York Times.

The War as They Saw It, from Slate. Also Lost Voices: Why the deaths of Yance T. Gray and Omar Mora are particularly galling, from Slate.

The Magnificent Seven: Soldiers pen a jaw-dropping NYT op-ed about the war in Iraq, from Slate. Also: The War as We Saw It, from The New York Times.

Lobes of Steel, from The New York Times.

Thank God, This Will Only Get Worse, from The New York Times.

Making a Mark with Rockets and Roadsters, from NPR.

American Leadership and War, from Maps of War.

China Drinks Its Milk, from the BBC, courtesy of Heather.

How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper, from Scientific American, courtesy of Heather.

The Real Dr. House, from Discover magazine.

Pack mentality: Cut deals with the enemy, maximize liquidity, punish the welshers, and other free-market lessons of the typical bike race, from Fortune.

Oscar the cat predicts patients' deaths, from The Boston Globe.

For Athletes, an Invisible Traffic Hazard, from The New York Times. Sigh.

The Story of Roy, from Crazy Aunt Purl.

The Devil Wears Microsoft?

Cycling's Biggest Dopes: A reader's guide to the new Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis books, from Slate.

Flight of the Conchords. Wow. Just wow.

The connection: When Ken met Emira, they changed each other's worlds, from The Boston Globe, courtesy of Robin. Great story.

Freakonomics: Payback Time, from The New York Times.

The Cat Blog... Pippy Style.

Rocky II, III, IV Decisions Overturned After Stallone Caught With Performance-Enhancing Drugs, from The Onion, courtesy of Brad M.

The Difference Between Boys and Girls, from Fat Cyclist.

Plastic Ocean: Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?, from Best Life.

In Tennessee, Goats Eat the ‘Vine That Ate the South’, from The New York Time.

Why Chinese is So Damn Hard, from Pinyin, courtesy of Kevin.

President Bush Reaches Out to Nation's Fallen Bees, from The Onion Radio News, courtesy of Heather.

This American Life Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence, from The Onion, courtesy of Heather.

Chad Vader.

Fix the AMT (But Not Yet): The looming Alternative Minimum Tax catastrophe, and why the Democrats shouldn't try to prevent it, from Slate.

General Knowledge: Why no one wants to be Bush's war czar, from Slate.

ECCC's "Ask a Pro" Forum on leg-shaving, from Slate.

The Hospital: Daddy gets a guilt trip, from Slate.

Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Daily Show.

The Woman Warrior at 30:
Maxine Hong Kingston's secrets and lies, from Slate.

Meow Meow Mr. Rogers for President Meow, from Mason-Dixon Knitting.

The Women’s War, from The New York Times.

A Good Run for Your Money: What's the best way to loan a poor entrepreneur $20?, from Slate.

Carbon confusion: Buying emission offsets is a challenge for consumers, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

Race Report: The Newark Hilton Stationary Bike Cycling Championships, from Fat Cyclist.

Cat bag apparel irks Florida officials, from the Boston Globe. The rapper who is a cat: "He's got the hottest beats and the softest fur." Yes, this is related to the Globe story. I am easily amused.

Japan resorts to manga propaganda, from AP, courtesy of Rachel.

The Romantic Life of Brainiacs, from the Boston Globe, courtesy of Heather.

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, from New York Magazine, courtesy of Heather.

Viewpoint, from Times Online, courtesy of Heather.

What should I put in my spy kit?, from Ask MetaFilter

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Want To Buy My Students a $392 Camcorder? A nonprofit uses the Web to work marketplace magic, from Slate.

Monsters: Have I screwed up my daughters forever?, from Slate.

Cycling the Silk Road, from Slate.

Worth a second look: Fat Cyclist's An Open Letter to Assos, response from Swiss doctor and response to the response, and an inside joke.

Unhappy Meals, from The New York Times Magazine.

Cure for Colic?: Hope for a pediatrician's miracle treatment, from Slate.

The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You To See: Idiocracy, the feel-bad comedy of the year, from Slate. This review oversells the movie a bit. The intro.

Wiki-Parenting: How babies invented community-based collaborative authorship, from Slate.

The Purloined Sirloin: Why is meat the most shoplifted item in America?, from Slate.

Dealing with pomegranates, from Gourmet's Choptalk.

The George W. Bush Speechwriter is "a Flash Application that lets you build speeches using his own words and voice" (ReadyMade Blog).

Dirty Work: What are the jobs Americans won't do?, from Slate.

Giving Birth in Berkeley: The father's perspective, from Slate. The rest of the Dad Again columns.

Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots, from Angry Flower.

An Appreciation: From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By, from The New York Times.

America's Top Jefferson, from the Colbert Report, courtesy of Dad.

Google holiday logos.

Censored ‘SNL’ Sketch Jumps Bleepless Onto the Internet, from The New York Times.

Romney's Religion: A Mormon president? No way, from Slate.

Me and My Big Wimpy Hobby: I make Christmas wreaths for the ladies in my life. You got a problem with that?, from Slate.

Time Stole My Mirror Trick! My sister's, actually. But that isn't the point, from Slate.

What I Like About Scrooge: In praise of misers, from Slate.

Lesbians of Mass Destruction: The empty case against Mary Cheney, from Slate.

Soy is making kids 'gay', from World Net Daily, courtesy of Edward. As Mo Rocca said about this story on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! "Eating tofu with your boyfriend does make you gay."

Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974, from Candyboots, courtesy of Rachel.

A Struggle to Preserve a Hawaiian Archipelago and Its Varied Wildlife, from The New York Times.

The Foreign Service Exam: Rarely Win at Trivial Pursuit? An Embassy Door Opens, from The New York Times.

The Sovereign vs. the Idiot: What kind of gift-giver are you?, from Slate.

Working Mothers Find Some Peace on the Road, from The New York Times.

So you wanna be an Olympian?, from ESPN, about track cycling, courtesy of Mike B.

The Upper-Class Squeeze: If you can't trust Bush to help the rich, who can you trust?, from Slate.

Researchers seek routes to happier life, from AP.

Cyclocross Is Colorful. Mud-Colored, That Is., from The New York Times, courtesy of Brad E. and Eric S.

Coffee Snobs Move on to Homemade Roasts, from The New York Times, courtesy of Brad.

The Free Market Free-for-All: Proof That the Stock Market is Irrational, from Slate.

Cycle of Violence T-Shirt, from Elsewheres.

Chinese Government Cracks Down On Refills, from The Onion, courtesy of Rachel.

Dire Predictions and Disastrous Votes: Election Ads, from NPR. A funny story on voiceover artists who work on political ads.

Can't Resist, a send-up of those ads on Andrew Sullivan's blog, courtesy of Alison.

Searching for Borat: Journalists descend upon Kazakhstan; hunt for mustaches, sexism, from Slate.

The Real Kazakhstan: What does Borat get right and wrong about his native land?, from Slate.

America's Anchors: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert faked it until they made it. Now they may truly be the most trusted names in news, from Rolling Stone, courtesy of Alison. The interview is conducted by Maureen Dowd. Is Maureen Dowd necessary? Discuss.

One Hairy Lip, a Mix of Messages, from The New York Times, courtesy of Mark A, who writes: "This could be the best article I've read in the NY Times, ever."

Because all the half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herders were sold out, from Dooce.

Raising the Steaks: If you feed cows grass, does the beef taste better?, from Slate.

The Audio Book Club Returns: Our critics discuss The Omnivore's Dilemma, from Slate.

Trained by Inmates, New Best Friends for Disabled Veterans, from The New York Times.

830! How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever, from Slate, courtesy of Alison.

Obama's New Rules: In the past 10 days, he has turned American politics upside down, from Slate.

Master of the Island: Which country is the best colonizer?, from Slate.

Borat Tricked Me! Can't I sue him or something?, from Slate.

Governess Gone Goth: A new edition of Jane Eyre reveals its truly subversive message, from Slate.

Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots, from the New York Metro.

How to make a bike charger for your iPod, from Geek Technique.

The Cider House Rules: What pick-your-own-apple orchards teach about the American economy, from Slate.

Kim Jong-il Says the Darnedest Things: The extra-large propaganda machine of the DPRK, from Slate.

North Korea Tested an Atom Bomb; Now What?: Four potential scenarios—all bad, from Slate.

A Secret Society, Spilling a Few Secrets, from The New York Times.

Sisterly love a complex knot, from USA Today, courtesy of Robin.

Where the Rubber Meets Roe: The pro-life case for contraception, from Slate.

Lewis and Clark: Stop celebrating. They don't matter, from Slate.

Rep. Mark Foley, IM Jockey, from Slate.

GI Jesus: The real problem with military chaplains, from Slate.

Red Like Me: The blissful existence of Elmo, from Slate.

Making Room, from Alpha Mom.

Colbert Lampoons Bush’s Torture Agenda.

A Little Learning Is an Expensive Thing, from The New York Times.

How to dress like a Mac, from LifeClever.

People Who Share a Bed, and the Things They Say About It,, from The New York Times.

Cats with jobs, from Stuff On My Cat.

Catching up with the Vuelta, from Fat Cyclist.

Espresso’s New Wave Hits Town, from The New York Times.

Tea’s Got a Brand New Bag, from The New York Times.

When Being Varsity-Fit Masks an Eating Disorder, from The New York Times.

The Dog That Didn't Bark: Can I cure my sociopathic beagle with the Dog Whisperer's techniques?, from Slate. What the Dog Saw: Cesar Millan and the movements of mastery, from the New Yorker.

What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA, from The Nation.