sunday short stack

"Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm." - Mark Twain

• Get in on the First Annual Secret Santa Gift Exchange to support independent literature.
• As the comment says, it's "porn for freaky cat-loving literature fiends."
• In my Thanksgiving cleaning spree, I've given a lot of thought to my overflowing bookshelves. Laura Miller collects others' thoughts on the subject (their bookshelves, not mine).
• Meh will now be in the Collins English Dictionary.
• I am not among the Best Women Bloggers of 2008.
• Maybe because GenderAnalyzer originally thought I was a guy (but now, a week later, is 99% sure I'm a woman).
  
• "Some oxygen molecules help fires burn while others help make water, so sometimes it's brother against brother" and more quotes collected from the science exams of elementary school students.
• Albert Einstein had a messy desk, but he was not involved in any of The Biggest Pranks in Geek History.
• Take a time out today to read The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire.
• Next stop on the Douchebag Express...
• ...people freaking out about the Motrin Moms commercial.
• Mitt Romney thinks we should let Detroit go bankrupt.
• Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein tries out Wii Music.
• Also at Slate earlier this month, New York Times headlines that read like Zen koans.