sunday short stack

"Pain or damage don't end the world, or despair or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back." - Al Swearingen, Deadwood

• Bid to name a character in new books from Lorrie Moore, Carl Hiassen, and Chris Ware, among others. (I think I'm more excited at the prospect of a new Lorrie Moore book.)
• Pluto's moon Charon makes a case for the reversal of her life partner's demotion (via stay free! daily).
• Five hours of color footage of Eudora Welty from 1975 has been found in the NEA archives.
• Geeks Who Drink explore the new Google tool that compares search trends by location.
• Read the heartbreaking tale of how John McNally discovered the inscribed book he had sent to Ursula LeGuin was for sale on-line (via Tod Goldberg).
• The Onion AV Club looks at 14 Movies from Two Ages of Theremin Music (via Futurballa).
• Bitch Ph.D. reprints a reader's story that makes me both thankful for this week's Plan B ruling and leaves me wondering how much positive effect it will have in certain areas.
• Jonathan Lethem interviews Bob Dylan for the cover of Rolling Stone and catalogs Dylan's "stray gems" (via Rake's Progress).
• Look inside the home of Alain de Botton (via bookslut).
• Campaign for the American Reader posts an adapted version of political philosopher Eduardo Velásquez's essay on Fight Club as "the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big-star movie since ‘Death Wish.’"
• According to The Sun, Justin Hawkins (of The Darkness), Tom Chaplin (of Keane), and Pete Doherty (of Kate Moss) are bonding together to create a supergroup from the ashes of rehab (via Wit of the Staircase). I'll believe it when I see it.-