The best thing about the Electoral Vote map right now is that lovely dark blue "strong Democrat" they've currently painted Ohio. Keep fighting the good fight, everyone!

Wessex Archaeology is not at all stuck in olden times - they have a blog, they have a Flickr account (with some really great photos of recent digs), and they even have a podcast. Wow.

I had already planned to link to Jimmy Atkinson's page on Research Beyond Google (seen originally on Library Stuff)...and then Jimmy emailed me himself to point it out. It's definitely worth perusing, even if you don't research for a living!

Swiped from Geistweg: inspired by Hemingway's famous six-word "story," Wired challenged other authors to try the same. I like Neal Stephenson's, personally...

And lastly, to keep the spookiness alive: the Men of Mortuaries 2007 calendar! Mrow!