Someone wishes they were an author and not a journalist.

Egypt protests are breaking new ground | Simon Tisdall | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Those hopes died, like autumn leaves, blown away by a withering sirocco of regressive measures and reimposed emergency laws".

Nice sentence Simon!

Tethered MyTouch 4G speed test

Just measured my speed while on a Chicago Metra train bound for Braeside.  Not exactly full 4G, but still, not bad.

Quote of the day

"Looks like some sort of phenomenon happened"

In Beebe, Ark., 4,000 Dead Blackbirds Drop From the Sky - NYTimes.com