Having lived there, I know Oklahoma can be short-sighted at times when it comes to cultural issues, but this throws them in to Texas League ridiculousness (is that a word?).

The BBC has an article about computer mishaps that is really surreal and good for a laugh or two.

Slate is running a series about a guy in Japan addressing some of the cliches we have about them. WARNING: the Tuesday article is a very frank assessment of manga.

And there’s also an article about how presidents get trapped in their own job, enough to where they believe their own press. Scary.

To close, there’s bad news for short people and their paychecks. Sorry.

Incidentally, the website is over on the new server and I think things are shaking themselves out as far as getting that all up and running. Content changes to come. Really.