Unabashedly liberal; unrepenitently literary. <I>Pogo</I> will always be <I>my</I> candidate for best comic strip ever. An appreciation from the <I>WaPo</I>.

I almost called Christopher Moore the funniest writer you've never heard of, but his sales indicate that an awful lot of people have not only heard of him, but have bought his books. He's not perzackly a household name, but I'd put him in the company of Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and Carl Hiiassen&mdash;you know, writers whose books you save for when you <I>need</I> a can't-fail pick-me-up.

But Damon Krukowski, drummer for Galaxie 500, has turned his back on the touring life to teach expository writing at Harvard. But that's just his day job&mdash;he still performs music around town with his wife as Damon & Naomi.

The signal <i>returns</i> to <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/022706romance/">the source</a>.

This Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101) is the clearest, most detailed piece of astronomy porn I've ever seen.

Thanks to Fred Manteghian.

I guess I never really thought about the uniqueness of sand, no matter how many times I heard that expression. <I>Microscopy</I> made me think about it&mdash;and the corollary notion that every beach and sandpit is unique as well.