If I could find a souvenir
just to prove the world was here–

and here is a red blogwatch;
I think of you and let it go…

Well, the world managed not to blow up on my birthday. Ace. Let’s see if we can hold out until I get a chance to see Snakes on a Plane.

The Arabist: Linknesses. Iraqi SMS culture. Stuff like that. Via Oxblog, I think.

GetReligion: Cosmopolitan rats, they would kill you if they knew…. (Or, “You hate me! You really, really hate me!”)

Mumpsimus: “…I would love to see a version of The Man in the High Castle directed by Wong Kar-Wai.” OMG yes.

Virginia Postrel: “…People who worry about organ markets because they’re concerned about the poor are on the wrong side of the issue. Poor patients, and there are many of them, would greatly benefit from payment, which would also save taxpayers money compared to keeping people on an infinite entitlement to dialysis.”