links for 2009-07-14

The chart would have to be modified for me – the first step would be "fly to New York…"

This is the reason I'm thankful to be an American every single day.

That'd be Punctum: to be punctured, wounded even, by an aesthetic moment. It's a sharp metaphor (courtesy of Roland Barthes). It's the perfect word for the feeling we crave when we turn to art.

Damn it.

This is a specific kind of Did Not Do The Research, where a pivotal clue in solving a case is actually erroneous.

"Kayfabe" is a Carny term thought to have originated from the Pig Latin for "be fake."

What I will be doing shortly.