roundup.

• This kid should be grounded and beaten.
  

• Tony Judt's essay "Night" in the latest NYRB issue is worth reading (available online)-- not only because he addresses an intensely personal subject that could have easily turned into a spectacle, but because it is so beautifully written. His lecture on Social Democracy is also v. interesting.

• Drunky Hogwarts kids! Eh. Not that big of a problem.

• LATimes goes behind the scenes at Wikipedia.

• Propaganda posters striking because they were recently made & because of what we know followed them.

• The Splendid Fairywren is my new favorite bird. Cos it's pretty. And hilarious. I want a dozen of them in white wicker and/or copper cages hung around my room like some batty Tennessee Williams character.
  
  
• And this is my new favorite photo: a light-up froggie!

• And, finally, if you have a second-- it literally takes a second-- go show Jim your support in the 2010 Scotblog Awards. Jim has an excellent music blog dedicated to bringing attention to a lot of bands you've never heard of but should hear, and he is an awesome fellow.