Swept out to sea by a riptide, a father and his 12-year-old son struggle to stay alive miles from shore. As night falls, with no rescue imminent, the dad comes to a devastating realization: If they remain together, they’ll drown together.

A sweet illustrated short story.

I had no idea Starbucks had a faux-indie alter ego.

"On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families. One of the mothers realized the mistake but chose to keep quiet. Until the day, more than 40 years later, when she decided to tell both daughters what happened. How the truth changed two families' lives -- and how it didn't."

This MetaFilter post is longer than most AP articles. I think going through all the links will take ages.

\"Gene Carson was an eavesdropper — not your garden-variety Peeping Tom, but one of the elite among listeners. He worked for the National Security Agency since its founding in 1952. After forty-six years of service, Carson died, leaving a retirement acc

Lead singer from Creed tries to score -- and fails.

\"I think that, if there ever was a real natural disaster, the people on my street would be the first to start looting.\"

In my opinion, this is one of the coolest web sites on the internet. Make sure you click on the <a href=\"http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/regret/regret.html\">One Regret</a> link.

This is the sort of anecdote Shima eats up.