I really don't know enough about the situation in Darfur to say anything intelligent, but this NYT link is pretty powerful.

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If you love fantasy baseball and perhaps take it too seriously, then check out The Baseball Archive for Access/Excel stats for every player in the history of the game. They also have salaries and a ton of other shit, which is kind of cool to look at. And by kind of cool, I mean not at all.

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Ryan Adams' Official Site

This has nothing to do with his music (which I find very...OK), but if you mouse over the black area just to the bottom right of the main graphic, there's a link to a conversation supposedly between RA andtwo of his label people...whether it's a total joke or not, it's pretty hilarious. He's known for being weird, unpredictable, and at turns an asshole or a very sincere guy. He's pulled stunts via his website before, such as when he shut it down in honor of "Friends" going off the air.

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From Stereogum, Stephen Colbert commenting on bloggers on "The Daily Show." The best part of this is when they break concentration, something I've never seen Colbert do...