UPDATE 25 November 2011: The Kindle Fire and new Kindles are out.

A little something for everyone this time–happy reading! “Big Bang Theory” meets “Green Acres”: the trend of IT onshoring US electrical grid too crappy to be vulnerable to terrorist attack, say physicists the music business is perhaps healthier than you thought Oops she did it again: A few comments about the new Jillian Michaels DVD on kettlebells the amazing grass roofs of Norway “The Dungeon Master,” by Sam Lipsyte Why students are fleeing the humanities

Last night when I pulled into my driveway it was dark out, but I could dimly see by the light of the stars and moon.

Above: a gaggle of geese grounded in the late September rains, Richmond, Virginia, 2010.

Workout Haiku by Kendall Giles Exercise is freedom, Distilled into a bludgeon,

Here are some links for your weekend reading pleasure. how to do (almost) everything with a Kindle 3 self defense with an umbrella short stories for a good cause–unicorn pegasus kitten–with Wil Wheaton!