I didn’t get a chance to check in on my Google Reader while I was in New Orleans this week, so when I got home last night, I discovered that there were 4,082 items stacked up and waiting for me. Here are some of them.
Once again, Montaigne was the proto-blogger. (Be warned: I may dive back into the Essays again in 2011.)
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With a name like that, he was bound to get into trouble.
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Springsteen, The Promise, and Joe Posnanski.
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And a not-so-appreciative look at Bruce.
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Berke Breathed: still not taking himself too seriously.
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I’ll have to figure out how to dress appropriately without joining the USMC, I guess.
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David Simon: journalism not completely screwed?
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Not quite Hulk vs. Thor, but here it is: bees vs. ants.
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Whit Stillman: the most important American film director not working today?
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Penn Jillette unwittingly guest stars on Crank Yankers.
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Finally, via Kottke, thrill to Super Mamika, the 91-year-old super-heroine!