Where's Perot? We need that weasley-voiced guy to start talking some sense again. ;-)

Quoted: The United States Treasury’s Bureau of Public Debt maintains a tally on our outstanding debt, and when I last checked, it the total was $11,946,703,132,807.34 — a number that takes approximately 11.4 seconds to say out loud and approximately forever to pay off.

My first dining review :-)

Gates Foundation a big reason this new j-site has gotten off the ground -- and stayed above ground so far.

Quoted: Crosscut has completed its migration to a new, nonprofit model. Here are recent developments and a case for this new media structure. And now's the time for you to become an annual member.

Bierma's book, a compendium of his columns for the Trib.

Oh, good grief. Obama has got to be hating this. His speech this morning was as good as it could be, given the situation.

Quoted: The peace prize, which President Obama described as a “call to action,” was an extraordinary recognition for so early in a presidential term and a potential political liability at home.

Yay, ArtPrize!

Quoted: Ran Ortner, whose large-scale oil painting of waves and water captured the imagination of thousands of ArtPrize viewers, has won the competition's $250,000 top prize.

Quoted: How to preserve your kettle creations.

Saving for later...

Quoted: Greek Mythology: the Classical Gods of Ancient Greece. FATES: The three Greek Goddesses of Destiny and Fate. Otherwise known as the Moirae, these timeless old hags weave the threads of destiny t

This will be an interesting one to catch on YouTube later.