today's special via Netflix, recommended !
not the beer!

after watching the first three episodes gonna give my seal of approval to showtime's Masters of Sex mostly because i like the cast theyve assembled including michael sheen, lizzy caplan and beau bridges. curious to see if they can keep the sex interesting, so to speak.

nate silver's first espn post at his temporary home on grantland. wont seem quite so weird when he has his own url but it still highlights the incongruity between 538 and espn as brands though grantland is the unofficial home of stat geekery on espn.

Duchamp and game theory
Carl Andre 1973 cottage cheese piece
this looks good in Portland or.

I'm talking about the beards, of course. Beards so outrageous and outlandish and inimitable that people aren't even trying to grow them. They're just sticking them on. The Red Sox merchandise shops are selling fake beards that you can wear during games. They're more dye-job Gandalf than Jonny Gomes, but they get the point across: You're one of them.

one negotiation.

cant recall where i first saw these but it is movie criticism in the guise of hulk though only minimally. mostly its akin to sitting in on a class in film theory. 

Cbgb. The reviews are coming in and the comments follow
the three sisters plus one
Wendell berry and the farmers market

paper girl

Augustin Lesage

perhaps not so surprisingly, churches offer gluten free wafers for communion in portland. at least they do at the lutheran church i went to for a memorial service last week. i remained seated through the bread and wine portion of events, so i can't vouch for it's tastiness, but i suppose that's not the point. 

scanomat top brewer

Cuisine and SCIENCE!

Hey, Fisherman Jim, I heard about your fishing. I'll have you know you're not the only one.

Joshua Smith: Josh Smith

can someone tell me about john the baptist? alex? 

Feeley
corn smut

The Mexican truffle!

knights vs snails