A Playboy Interview With Miles Davis. This just became one of my favorite celebrity interviews.

Occasional Dispatches from the Republic of Anhedonia. "In one of the fiction-writing manuals, it says that there are only two stories: a hero goes on a journey, and a stranger comes to town. I don’t know. This being life, and not literature, we’ll have to make do with this: A middle aged man, already bowing and half-broken under his psychic burdens, decides to take on the stress of being one of the most unqualified players in the history of the Big Game. A hapless loser goes on a journey, a strange man comes to gamble."

Ooh, could be good:

Run Like Fire Once More: Chasing Perfection at the World’s Longest Footrace. "They ran in all weather, seven days a week, from 6:00 a.m. to midnight, or until their bodies compelled them to rest. If they logged fewer than fifty miles on a given day, they risked disqualification. By their own reckoning, the runners climbed eight meters per lap, mounting and descending a spectral Everest every week and a half. They toiled in this fashion for six to eight weeks, however long it took them to complete 5,649 circuits—3,100 miles—around a single city block."

The Flashed Face Distortion Effect is a totally wild illusion.

Lovely Pixar tribute.

Five Reasons the House GOP Is to Blame. Sigh.

The In Time trailer has certainly piqued my interest (although it pretty much shows you the whole movie in 4 minutes). I wonder if Andrew Niccol can pull off another Gattaca? That would be grand.

Don’t miss Louis CK’s act on Letterman.

As long as we’re on the subject of Richard Feynman:

The ‘Dramatic Picture' of Richard Feynman by Freeman Dyson. "He never showed the slightest resentment when I published some of his ideas before he did. He told me that he avoided disputes about priority in science by following a simple rule: “Always give the bastards more credit than they deserve.” I have followed this rule myself. I find it remarkably effective for avoiding quarrels and making friends. A generous sharing of credit is the quickest way to build a healthy scientific community."

The Age of Mechanical Reproduction. On trying to conceive. Funny, nerve-wracking, heart-breaking. I hope it works for them.