One of these days…. April 8, 2011
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they will diagnose a new disease called tabulosise (with chrome/firefox/explorer variation, and combinations of the all three). The diagnosis will consist of observing that the patient has 100 tabs open on his or her computer all at once. The cure is to take make a really big dump, no pun intended….
1. The Online World of Flesh Eaters
2. Anne Hathaway Drives Berkshire Stock
3. A History of the Oregon Trail Game
4. A Simple Model of Disagreement Among Economists
6. The Best Songs Nobody’s Ever Heard Of. I tried a few of them and they were not too promising but there must be some good stuff buried in there.
7. Otto Van Bismarck, Master Stateman. By Henry Kissinger. The man’s ancient but can still think like the rest of them.
8. Shale Gas
10. The Human Lake. I skimmed this and it seemed really good….lots of facts and you will learn a lot even if you too much free time.
11. How Slavery Really Ended in America. I didn’t have time to read this, but if someone wants to tell me how slavery ended in America, I’d appreciate it.
12. Why We Travel. Lovely Piece!
News That Stays News 
Slaves escaped to the north. Local commanders used them to do logistical stuff – serve food, build walls, etc. And then, it was a fait accompli:
On the September day of Lincoln’s edict, a Union colonel ran into William Seward, the president’s canny secretary of state, on the street in Washington and took the opportunity to congratulate him on the administration’s epochal act.
Seward snorted. “Yes,” he said, “we have let off a puff of wind over an accomplished fact.”
“What do you mean, Mr. Seward?” the officer asked.
“I mean,” the secretary replied, “that the Emancipation Proclamation was uttered in the first gun fired at Sumter, and we have been the last to hear it.”