On Loneliest Road, a Unique Tree Thrives [blogerated NYT link].

I always wondered why one refers to shoes over a wire in an urban setting as a shoe tree. Perhaps this is the root cause.

Ever-vigilant Roadside America offers further examples.

Impact Analysis of the Watergate Scandal on Nixon’s Gallup Poll Presidential Approval Rating, an academic study by Robert Yafee of NYU. [via this AskMe thread.]

Matt and Bart both have the, you know, online thingys with the posting and stuff. Which is purty neat.

Bellerophon is making the repeating grindy hard drive noise that means directory-structure problems. My site farm may be up and down over the next few days. Dammit, I just launched a date-and-event tied collaborative blog, too. Oh well.