Thanks a pantsful, Ralph

Ralph Nader achieved his goal in the 2000 election. He couldn't resist calling his memoir of it Crashing the Party. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Thanx to Mercury Rising.

ETA: I understand falling in love with an allegedly clever phrase and whipping it out even though it will show the world that you're an asshole. The latest example is the guy ESPN fired for doing a "chink in the armor" headline about Jeremy Lin.

Just so

Alan Turing didn't just win the war, dream up the computer, and define the procedure for telling whether something else is human. He figured out why tigers have stripes.

Thanx toandrewducker

Hate speech

Some examples of rape language

Narrative Science

Business news written by computer.

Nebula

Nebula nominations. Go, Jo!

Thanx to SFWA President Scalzi on Facebook.

Con men

By a revolting combination of con men and fanatics, the current primary race has become a demonstration that the Republican party does not deserve serious consideration for public office

--Garry Wills (read the whole thing)

Thanx to bookslut