Kurt Vonnegut is my new hero. He's already hero for some of you, but I've just now discovered him. I guess I'm slow or something. Anyway, he wrote an essay called Cold Turkey for a liberal magazine called In These Times (I've never heard of it either). Go read this essay now - it's not a long read at all. If you don't like this essay, well, chances are you shouldn't be reading my site. Vonnegut's a real master with his words and you better believe some of his stuff is going on my reading list right away.
Another hero: the wonderful folks behind Groove Armada. Run, don't walk, to your nearest music source and grab the single Lovebox. There aren't words to describe the swankness of this song. It's easily the best Song of the Week I've had in a long, long time.