"The Book of Love has music in it / in fact that's where music comes from"

... some of it is just trancendental / some of it is just really dumb

• Name the popes -- you have 15 minutes. (via angivin2)
  
  
• Interview with the voice of MarsPhoenix. (via)
  
  
• The author of Liar's Poker takes a look at some smart people who saw the current crash coming. Long and scary. (via et al)
  
  
• On being transgender in red states. I note that the more tolerant red states tend to be in the intermountain West, where there's a strong live-and-let-live ethic, rather than the Bible Belt. The converse isn't necessarily true, though -- see Wyoming. (via)
  
  
• Behind the scenes at The Onion. As it happens, I have that origami book. (via)
  
  
• I should have realized that Japan has not just a national blood donation mascot, but several regional ones as well. Clearly, the Red Cross needs to adopt or adapt Kenketsu-chan.
  
  
• Icelandic financial crisis: how it happened and what it means in daily life. (via) Consider this the spotlight link, the one to click if check out just one, despite its length.

But I -- I love it when you sing to me / and you -- you can sing me anything

---L.