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• A government study shows that the best option for Regina is a domed football stadium that will cost $350 million.  I love football and the Saskatchewan Roughriders but this makes no sense to me at all.  It isn’t as if we don’t pack into Mosaic Stadium and sell it out all of the time without a dome.
• The acquisition of Porsche by Volkswagen, just weeks after a Porsche attempt to take over VW via a series of complex stock options backfired, appears to be the latest salvo in the longstanding feud between cousins Ferdinand Piech and Wolfgang Porsche.
• Cities such as Ann Arbor and Buffalo struggle to regulate backyard chicken-rearing
• Jimmy Carter leaves the Southern Baptist Church [M]y decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention’s leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be "subservient" to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service. This was in conflict with my belief – confirmed in the holy scriptures – that we are all equal in the eyes of God.
• SkyMall product reviews :: One of the best things about flying is the Skymall catalog.  Favorite items in the past is a snow maker and an actual hoverboard.
• Dissecting the intricacies of America’s white underclass
• Why I won’t be at my high school reunion. A math geek reminisces about the joys of high school.
• Crocs face bankruptcy! They sold over 100 million pairs of their practical, stylish yet affordable shoes to George W Bush, Steven Tyler and my wife, so where did it all go wrong?
• Ars Technica reports 12% of e-mail users have actually tried to buy stuff from spam which means that 12% of your friends in your contact list are idiots.
• Entrepreneurs retrofit Dumpsters into pools for secret urban beach parties in Brooklyn
• Jason Kottke is bringing the world Apollo 11 as it happened
• Seeing American Conservatives sell out like this is kind of sad
• With Saskatchewan looking at nuclear power, I hope they pay attention to the cost overruns that have incurred in Ontario.
• Debunking the idea of the tipping point, which may have too few real-world applications to be considered credible social theory
• What to read if you’re imprisoned (with actual reading suggestions from Iranian Ministry of Intelligence interrogators).
• Maintain your dignity, carry a blanket, and eat lots of nuts: tips for living on the streets
• The sandlots and creek beds, the alleys and woodlands have been abandoned in favor of a system of reservations. Chabon on the loss of suburban wilderness
• Op: Chipped passports are insecure, ineffective, dangerous

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