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After a couple days off the interwebs, I've been doing a lot of reading and catching up on stuff I missed. I'm not in the mood today for a thoughtful post, but I thought I'd share a some of the interesting things I read today, in case any of it might interest someone else.

Good Bye, Nora Ephron. I'll always be especially grateful for You've Got Mail, but also, Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, and others.

Extensive explanation of what tomorrow's Supreme Court ruling on Health Care will mean While the intended audience of this piece is for this is for journalists, in order to help them cover the story and all it's angles and ramifications, it's probably the most comprehensive and informative thing on the subject I've seen yet.

Speaking of journalism, there's an interesting piece on how "scandal stories" develop during slow-news cycles. I hope lots of newsmakers read this and think twice before they blow stuff up... (I'm looking at you, Nancy Grace).

Analyzing Egypt's election. Muslim Brotherhood party candidate won in a runoff. Why is that interesting? From the article:

Egypt's military leaders confirmed on Sunday that Mohamed Morsi of the once-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood had won the country's first competitive presidential election. Tens of thousands of Egyptians celebrated in Tahrir Square, with fireworks exploding overhead. Morsi, honoring a campaign promise, promptly resigned from the Brotherhood and called for unity....

Good grief! This article on the debate "Why Women Can't Have it All" is really, really long. I'm still not sure where I stand on all this.

It's not just how many calories you eat, it's what kind (shared by a church friend)

FB Changed your email address on your page, without you knowing it. Here's how to change it back. Bad Facebook.

Enough of the heavy stuff.... Here's something lighter that I enjoyed.
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