La Rochefoucald maxim of the day

"Some evil men would be less dangerous if there were no good in them at all."

Posted: December 3, 2006 Comments (0)

How to be pretentious in the western world

A Beginner’s Guide to Opera. [Via Marginal Revolution]

Posted: Comments (0)

Bergs

Subhankar Banerjee’s astounding photographs of the Arctic National Refuge.

Posted: Comments (0)

30,000

The number of Britons and Americans employed in India’s IT industry. [Via Harpers]

Posted: Comments (0)

Ultrasound hound

A 39 day-old Golden Retriever pup-to-be, looking remarkably pious. Check out Animals in the Womb, a National Geographic TV feature.

Posted: Comments (0)