I haven’t done much blog surfing in the past week or two. I’ve been busy working on undisclosed projects and had only enough time to dash out my own ideas for the day. I’m catching up right now.

I see I missed all the drama at Bitch PhD. Read Tim Burke for the summary and commentary, which is more interesting than anything else about this story.

Loved these articles in the Times: C. S. Lewis Has a Nooner with Mummy, Shakira — More Than A Nice Booty, and Get Your Shots Or the Amish Girl Will Getya.

Megan McArdle has a series of great posts on abortion. Go there and surf around.

Gawker and the Rapist. David Carr asks are bloggers immature or edgy? I’m waiting for the Gawker post “Is the Times boring or irrelevant?”.

Conspicuous Consumption. Want to seeKelly Ripa’s pad as it goes on the market? How much is John Lithgow paying for a pied-a-terre on the Westside? This is why we couldn’t afford a place in Manhattan and now live in New Jersey. Damn you John Lithgow! (thanks, Kathe)

The Lovechild of Wonkette and Volokh. Jeffrey Toobin finds a blog that gives the dirt on Alito’s cute son and Miers’s eye makeup.

Flea gets a big, wet smoochy kiss from me for pointing yet another mommy-hating article in the Times and how real parents behave in restaurants.