Don’t forget to vote for new caption contest — Some funny stuff there.

Why We Don’t Accept Electronic Submissions — F&SF

Why We Don’t Accept Paper Submissions — Clarkesworld Magazine

Multitasking — Art writing guru James Gurney is at it again, with the story of a real character. Wow.

Beneath the footsteps of commas — Language Log on Louis Aragon on literary style. A must read for writers and critics.

Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies Thwart Newtonian Gravity? — In the continuing debate over the widely-accepted cold-dark-matter theory, a new study of the dwarf galazies surrounding the Milky Way has found that their arrangement appears to simultaneously require and refute the presence of dark matter. (Thanks to .)

?otD: Visicol, Fleet or Go-Lytely?

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5/14/2009
Body movement: n/a (colonoscopy prep)
This morning’s weigh-in: 212.2
Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville, Engine Summer by John Crowley