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I liked The 25th Hour in almost exactly the same way I liked the movie, and almost exactly as much. It's billed as "crime fiction", and there are criminals in it, but it's not much about crime, and it's not primarily suspenseful (especially if you've seen the movie). Instead it's about friendship and loyalty and fate and loss and time. And New York. Pretty great.

Via shetterly: Science vs. Norse Mythology. How to change the world. World on Fire.

Digby on anti-abortion/anti-contraception/anti-sex activism (and here), and quoting Lance Mannion on sin and civilization.

Via James Wolcott, Gretchen Craft Rubin's Happiness Project. And elsewhere, a new surgical treatment for depression.

Our friends Bev and Greg stumbled upon the last Tin Cat show at Blue Rock Shoot, and Greg was so excited by it he wrote a concert review. Thanks, Greg! Our next show is tonight at Johnny V's, with a couple of terrific alt-country bands.

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It'd be cooler if you'd managed to listen to two versions of "Losing Streak" at once.