A conversation with Editor Matt unearthed "The View from the Couch" as a possible title for The Column Formerly Known as "Grab Bag". I'm still leaning toward "Third Rails", slight misdirection and all. "Juicy Bits" is a late addition. We are thinking of having a poll.
• Walmart unlikely beneficiary of "Bank Transfer Day".
• Fascinating new MSNBC/WSJ poll (full disclosure: I find most polls fascinating) includes deep digging on "acceptable" outcomes in November 2012. (Least acceptable: "Barack Obama is re-elected but the Republicans win majorities in both the House of Representatives and Senate"!)
• Toronto's gay penguins being split up to breed. Santorum does Snoopy dance.
• "We do not hear from the man who ate the taco until November of that year, when he returned to the town on the back of a mule." Cormac McCarthy Yelps (via BoingBoing).
• "An article on Saturday about reactions to Kim Kardashian's announcement, after 72 days of marriage, that she would be divorced misstated, at one point, the surname of a prominent author who wrote a limerick about her in Twitter messages. He is Salman Rushdie, not Rushie" (via The Awl).
• A new music discovery: Big Troubles. Cheery, slightly dazed hook-filled. Found them opening for New Jersey surf-pop darlings Real Estate. Highly recommend both.
