Add this to the list of reasons not to vote for Mike Huckabee: “Six weeks ago, I met Huckabee for lunch at an Olive Garden restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. (I had offered to take him anywhere he wanted and then vetoed his first choice, T.G.I. Friday’s.)” Of all the places he could eat in Manhattan, he wanted Olive Garden?! From the NYT Magazine’s profile of Huckabee, which actually contains a plethora of reasons I couldn’t vote for him.
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Normally I don’t find these list posts that have been sweeping the net that interesting, but when Jorn Barger gives his top ten tips for new bloggers, it’s probably worth reading.
If you thought the turducken was impressive, check out this roast containing 48 birds of 12 different species. It serves 125 and takes 8 hours to cook.
None of the Above: What IQ Doesn’t Tell You About Race. Gladwell comments on how the Flynn effect has cracked the already shaky foundation of IQ fundamentalism.
The Big Cheese. Matthew Rubiner, a Massachusetts cheesemonger and a judge in this year’s American Cheese Society competition, describes the growth of the American artisanal cheese market.