Loving Molly
You either loved Molly Ivins—well, I should probably just stop there. If you loved the written word and valued wit as much as spleen, you just did love Molly. I'll miss her.
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The Lost Legion?
It reads like the plot of an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel: 145 Roman soldiers survive the death of their general, Marcus Crassus, and, as mercenaries, fight their way across the ancient world, winding up in China.
Check Out These Ears, Monkeyboy
Huckleberry reminds me that I don't have the big ears in this household. Plus, <I>his</I> swivel.
Who Will Rid Me Of This Meddlesome Photographer?
Bagheera is feeling royally cranky.
The Greatest Yenta the World Has Ever Known
<I>Scientific American</I> takes a look at online dating.
DRM in the BitTorrent and Broadband Age
<I>Firing Squad</I> has an interesting take on DRM. Warning: the site has super-annoying "content links that are just as annoying as "malicious viruses and rootkits."
Not a Review of Mailer's New Book
Shalom Auslander didn't review Mailer's <I>The Castle</I>. He really, really wanted to. He just couldn't bring himself to <I>read</I> it. I know what he means.
It's An Old Joke
But the classics never stale.
If 10 Had More Numbers
This isn't exactly the way I submitted it to Tris, but if I created this list again tomorrow, it would again be different. So. My Top 10 of 2006 looked something like this:
Janis Ian on Copying
Meridian's resident genius, Bob Stuart, sends along this old but still appropriate article by Janis Ian. Be sure to read her follow-up, "Fallout," as well.