I just want to call attention to the fact that there are a lot of great films playing at the UP Film Institute this month. I have the ones I’m interested in listed in the remember box to the left, but you should go to the website for the full schedule, in case there’s something I missed that you would like to see.

Did you know that in the months after 9/11, poetry books saw a massive spike in sales not seen since, well, decades? Almost as much as religious books.

Wired’s interview with Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi must be read to be believed, I shit you not. "HEY, BALLMER, WHY DON'T YOU SUCK MY TINY YELLOW BALLS?" Hilarious.

Ricky Gervais is going to write an episode of The Simpsons. :)