the whale has, thankfully, done a lazarus

What a golden project this will be.

Eddie Campbell has news of the Cisco Kid's shirt pattern, and of his origins as well - O.Henry, no less. Now that I did not know.

One of the original literature blogs (though it was more of a news site than a blog to my recollection) is back, now firmly attached to its founders' thriving press. (Via Three Percent.)

And from that venerable organ, I have been able to find Garrison Keillor on fire here at Salon, upset by Governor Palin:

She is a chatty sportscaster who lacks the guile to conceal her vacuity, and she was Mr. McCain's first major decision as nominee. This troubles independent voters, and now she is a major drag on his candidacy. She will get a nice book deal from Regnery and a new career making personal appearances for 40 grand a pop, and she'll become a trivia question, "What politician claimed foreign-policy expertise based on being able to see Russia from her house?" And the rest of us will have to pull ourselves out of the swamp of Republican economics.

Dennis at Mobylives has also located some very up to date commentary on Google's effortless sidle into digital publishing.