sunday short stack

"When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully."
- Joseph Addison

• The LA Times shows us celebrities at their disco worst.
• Jim Holt offers a "survey of humor and its vagaries through the ages."
• Never wonder what a text message means again.
• Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the lights?
• Newsweek has a great feature on historical public health posters.
• A new book combines creative writing and string theory.
• Get ready for the X-Files movie.
• "It just doesn't make sense. The meat you get out of a crocodile is just not worth the risk."