Medieval texts and Facebook had more in common than you'd think

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/2942/medieval_multitasking:_did_we_ever_focus/

The birth of the literary vampire

http://poetry.eserver.org/christabel.html

Written 100 years before Dracula - every stanza has something used in later vampire literature.

Lust for Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wko_IweA6R0 (not embeddable)

"...in reading and in eating, my tastes are flexible and i am hungry..."

Achingly sad: this is the war on pot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMM_T_PJ0Rs&feature=player_embedded

Obama is not failing

Here's the proof:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

No, it doesn't compare him to other presidents. Which is fine, because that wouldn't be relevant. I don't care how well he's doing compared to Bush, or Clinton. I care what is being accomplished NOW.