today's cool shit...Garrison Keillor...

what a great weekend...as usual, it was the quiet moments that were the sweetest...like sitting on a sidewalk soaking in the morning sun and reading an actual newspaper...especially this wonderful nugget from Mr. Keillor...

"Is this a terrible thing to vish for? I think not. One loves company and then one loves uncompany, just as one enjoys sunshine/darkness, summer/winter, funk/folk, b&w/color, all sorts of dichotomies. Solitude is recognized by most world religions. Hairy-legged hermits sit in prayerful contemplation in their mountain caves and nobody thinks less of them for it. So why can't you or I spend a couple of hours alone in an undisclosed location?" (click for full column)

strays, and randomness...

it doesn't seem like it, but this is a big story...text books...and children's books...are huge pieces of the book business...if this is the first place people start taking digital books seriously...the timeline for the written word on paper...just got a little shorter...

completely unrelated...

on friday the AVClub reported on others reporting on a new internet meme that the kids are having fun with...click random article on wikipedia...click random page on wikiquote...click on interesting photos of the last 7 days on flickr...

and you have your new band name (wikipedia page)...the title of your first album (no more than the last 5 words of the last quote on wikiquote) ...and your album cover (chose an appropriate photo)...here's one of my favorites...