Blue wall of silence

“Two Chicago police officers uncovered a massive criminal enterprise within the department. Then they were hung out to dry.”

Thanx to Avedon's Sideshow.

Tor.com has some good stuff

* Literalized Metaphor: Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad

* New gigantic Star Trek Encyclopedia. nellorat and I copy-edited an earlier version, so I like to think this one still has our cooties on it.

* Nifty infographic tallies every spell used in the Harry Potter series

Thanx to Tor.com.

Customer service

Fancy bar does the right thing.

Thanx to Metafilter

The rich man’s Schilling

Having had one disastrous bankruptcy that hurt those who trusted him, Curt Schilling hopes to continue following in the footsteps of his idol, Donald Trump, by running for office. Schilling, like Dr. Ben Carson and unlike Trump, was actually good at something (unrelated to elective office).

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.