• Mexican Viking: How to make an AT-AT Imperial Walker Snow Sculpture
• My Patronus is an AT-AT
• White House: More Women Are Educated Than Men, But Don’t Get Paid As Much
• Glass of wine a day ‘cuts dementia risk’ – Telegraph – Dear Snook: Drink more wine.

“People with full bladders make better decisions, scientists discover.” Very interesting! I have a long-held personal theory that the male ability to pee standing up results in grown men who have no ability to “hold it” for any length of time. This research therefore indicates that women – who are much better at waiting for a toilet rather than peeing up against the nearest tree or wall, like YUCK DUDES PLEASE STOP – are actually SMARTER because of it! #smug #smart #hastopee

• I WILL kill you! | MetaFilter – An epic post on the out-of-print Dune board game. This sounds pretty awesome.
• Discovery’s last mission

• S04E17: The Toast Derivation
• The Two Mayors – Snarkmarket – Why does this sound like something TOAST would write?
• Quick hit: “My mom has a PhD in math”

The NYT has a great article on Dooce.com, the “Queen of the Mommy Bloggers.” I’ve been reading Dooce since before she got pregnant with Leta, I think. It’s an excellent look at the history of her site and the “real life blogging” genre in general. The bit that surprised me was how much money she makes from her site. I had no idea. I mean, I guessed it was a decent amount, given that she and Jon haven’t had day jobs in a long time. But that site is clearly up in the stratosphere in terms of generating advertising revenue.

In the interests of full-disclosure, w-g makes an average of $4 a month from ads on the archives. Fortunately RDF more than makes up for it…

• Every T-shirt in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Awesome.
• Billboard Comes Down After Outcry Over Jonestown Reference – Ahhh, Hacienda. I’ve eaten in that restaurant before. Stay classy, South Bend!
• Christchurch earthquake – The Big Picture – Boston.com