My sock drawer, I learned this morning, contains eleven (11) single black socks.

(Originally I thought it was thirteen, but closer inspection revealed that two of them did match.)

I thought I'd heard munching noises from the basement . . .

Apparently it's been a while since I did this. Triaging, then:

Two above-the-fold items:

• "Man of Mystery: How to drive women wild . . . or maybe just away" By Gene Weingarten :: Seminar on picking up women by lying. I think someone I know had this tried on her: "Your first lie is to make up a chick-intriguing pretext to talk to them (e.g., "My buddy broke up with his girlfriend by text message. Do you think that's okay?")"
  (tags: gender dating)
• Uncertain Principles: Evolution of the Best :: Chad and Emmy talk evolution. Cutely.
  (tags: evolution animals pictures humor)

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