Ants That Swim
Just in time for picnic season. Do they wear Speedos or board shorts?
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Brain Swapping
<I>Bwah ha ha haa!</I> What? Oh, "But don't cue the maniacal laughter just yet."
Strangely Disturbing
The paintings of Amy Crehore. What would you call these—innocently malevolent? Sweetly creepy? I wonder if she's the next poster craze a la Balthus?
A Fe(a)st of Sorts
Tomorrow, music editor Robert Baird is off to Austin, Texas, for the <a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/">South By Southwest</a> Music, Film, and Interactive Fest. He attends year after year.
Terry Teachout on the Beatles
And popular songs and why only "Yesterday" became a "standard in the old fashioned sense."
Edna O'Brien on Beckett
What a great writer she is—this is like prose crack.
The Price of Entry
B. S. Prakash muses on what it takes to get into the American labor force. The last line's a kicker.
OK, I'm Glad We Cleared That Up
Cecil Adams says he knows what OK stands for. Now if only somebody would clear up that "whole nine yards" mess.
St. Elmo's Fire
Cooking up plasma in the kitchen. But remember kids, don't try this at home.
How precisely have you set up your speakers in your main system?
In one of Stephen Mejias' <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/030906location/">blog posts</A>, he notes the precise alignment of his speakers. How precisely have you set up your speakers in your main system?