The Hopp Stop

Pretty wild.

LOL! Excellent use of profanity.

Comedy. Thanks to Vanessa for the heads up. Glad the neighborhood is focused on the important issues.

Solid counterpoint to Kindle 2 enthusiasm from Gizmodo.

Nice! I love my first-gen Kindle. I've placed my pre-order for the new one.

Very interesting background on the 2003 steroid testing, and why the results weren't immediately destroyed (as they were supposed to be).

Very interesting: Errol Morris (who I know from the Thin Blue Line documentary) sits down with some photographers to review iconic photos of the Bush years.

Harvard Law students (overseen by a prof) defended someone sued by the RIAA.

Truly wonderful. My favorite is Barkavious Mingo. Or maybe Nubian Peak? And I may have misspelled Barkavious, but is there really an incorrect spelling of that name?

FYI, this is a list of the best names of high school seniors who signed today to go to big time college football programs.

Useful overview.

$66 million in payouts over 6 years? Jesus.

Good news, some lands bought to prevent development.

Very nice, go Wings.

Good stuff.

Awesome, a blurb on the brief history of live wolverine mascots:
"… the animals grew larger and more ferocious, and as Yost states, "It was obvious that the Michigan mascots had designs on the Michigan men toting them, and those designs were by no means friendly." Therefore, the practice of bringing wolverines into the stadium had to be discontinued after only one year."

Cool Legos of NYC icons. From Daring Fireball.