• I’m currently recovering from a pleasant night of celebration on a boat in the East River that involved a Supreme Court Justice and a jet ski task force. (No, I am not making this up. I could not make this up.) All manner of strange ideas have entered my head, because I am a bad and overly imaginative person. So bear with me.
• Bill Benson has asked a very interesting question: When did the New York Times begin to write snarky articles about the MLA? If you can help him out, leave a comment for the man.
• Behold: The Blog of Disquiet.
• Now here is an interesting thesis: the dwindling taste buds of boomers has spawned a niche market of hot, hot, hot sauce.
• If you’re a Wes Anderson hater, blame these folks.
• Brian Wilson will be performing with the English National Ballet.
• So how did the New York Times find out about Blackwater? Good old-fashioned police reporting. Let this be a reminder to journalists of all persuasions. Keep tracking down leads, keep asking questions. Never give up, never surrender. The story finds itself.
• James Wood on Zuckerman, if you’re not burned out by Exit Ghost coverage.
• The Mumpsimus hosts an interview with Thomas Ligotti.
• One of Jeff Parker’s “former high school shadows” writes about him.
• The Telegraph has been serializing Ted Hughes’s letters.
• Canadian hockey you haven’t seen before.
• The 9 Manliest Names in the World.
• Giuliani sees 9/11 everywhere.
• The WaPo is the latest books section to enter into blogging. But I’m wondering why newspaper book blogs are taken with two word designations.

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