So, Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, went AWOL recently. He was out of contact with his security escort, other government officials, and his wife (who was reportedly not concerned by his absence.)

In any event, the Times is reporting that Sanford was hiking the Appalachian Trail.

On Naked Hiking Day.

(h/t to Ms Kate)

The new apartment has (aggravatingly slow) low flow faucets. After wandering around aimlessly waiting for my pot of water to fill so I could make pasta, I decided to conduct a short experiment: How long did it take to get 1 cup of water from the tap (with the water on full blast)? The answer: 9 seconds ( Read more... )

So, Jezebel also had a post about the NYT article that I referenced earlier todayAnd...the comments. Jez comments have gotten worse over, oh, the past 6 months or so. They generally used to be fun and snarky. And now? Well, we get things like this ( Read more... )

What is this?

"Closed Clinic Leaves Abortion Protesters at a Loss"

Um, so apparently the people who protested regularly outside George Tiller's clinic are adrift! alone! after Tiller's murder. Where did I pack that tiny violin...?

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This is particularly awesome and applicable to calling someone out for just about any other -ism: calling people out for what they did, not making accusations about who they are ( Read more... )

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I am totally intrigued by this article about common drug interactionsI think it's the nifty combo of bio and chemistry that's so cool. Like this: "Cytochrome P450 hepatic enzyme inhibitors increase the serum concentrations of coadministered drugs that are metabolized by this enzyme system, whereas cytochrome P450 inducers decrease the serum levels ( Read more... )

You are an idiot.

Saletan is talking about 4 points where Obama should seek common ground on the abortion debate.

1. Abortion reduction. Wendy Wright, the pro-life president of Concerned Women for America, describes one of the abortion meetings in an article in Human Events:
Two days before President Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame, ( Read more... )

A fascinating look at Wal-Mart's monopsony* power and its drive to push prices as low as they can go, often at the expense of their suppliers, and their suppliers' stockholders and employees ( Read more... )

This week's edition, an article about Disney's new film, The Princess and the Frog.

Although there's only limited information available about the film, "the film is also attracting chatter of an uglier nature. Is The Princess and the Frog, set in New Orleans in the 1920s, about to vaporize stereotypes or promote them ( Read more... )