I'm too depressed to talk about last night's Gubernatorial race in New Jersey. Here's an interactive map, which shows the devastation.

David Brooks' column about technology killing romance and leading to a hook-up culture was classic, grouchy grandpa writing. I'm glad that Ezra Klein responded.

Dooce put in a community section into her blog. Guess it's bringing in a lot of people.

How to use an apostrophe.

I'm equally interested in the book reviews of Pioneer Woman's new cookbook and of the book of de Tocqueville letters. Quel weirdo.

God, I love this blog. Makes me weep that I live in the suburbs.

My! The Obamas' cook is a babe, isn't he?