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.

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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.