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.