Thursday morning.

* Tarantino on Tarantino on Charlie Rose. It gets better once Tarantino gets going on IB-related subjects like Goebbels's theory of film or the origins of Col. Hans Landa and the Bride. Watch out for spoilers.

* 61 literary euphemisms for masturbation.

* More Snow Leopard reviews.

* Reading Rainbow to end its 26-year run. You don't have to take my word for it.

Wednesday potpourri.

* A brief history of masturbation.

* John Rawls (yes, him) on why baseball is the best of all games. More via MeFi.

* Jason Sanford isn't worried about the singularity

* But I'm worried about climate change again. As we all know, climate change ended last month, which was unusually cold. But it seems to have kickstarted up again in a big way: the world is now warming at 0.14°C/month, or 3°F/year—30°F/decade! We can only hope March is slightly cold again, bringing that rate back down to survivable levels.

* I'm also worried about Mary Ann. She'll never make it on the inside. She's too good.