A blog dedicated to those who would rather be at the cottage.

Interesting Links

• NYRblog - Atwood in the Twittersphere - The New York Review of Books
• YouTube - Average Joe 40 Yd dash - compared to NFL Pros
• Of mice and lords
  An actual House of Lords transcript about the mice problem in their building. Includes this cracker: “My Lords, I do not actually deal with the economy. I am glad to say that that would be above my pay grade, whereas trying to deal with the mice is probably just about right for me.” via Kottke
• How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers - Rallying - Jalopnik
• The Somali Pirates' Business Model | UN Dispatch
• Bill Hickman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  What a life - stunt-driving 2 odf the greatest car-chases of all time (Bullitt & The French Connection) and James Dean's close friend, in the vehicle following him on the day of his fatal accident.
• The 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world | By the Waze
• DiManno: Judge to Shoebomber: America doesn’t fear you - thestar.com
  Good for DiManno for just quoting the best sentencing speech ever. I've read this three times and it just keeps getting better. This will become required reading for high school students.
  
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• YouTube - villa yacht why
• Roger Ebert's Last Words, con't. - Roger Ebert's Journal
  Ebert is becoming the pure writer. I love this guy's work. He also has maximised the potential of the blog. Good on you, Roger...