Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Wednesday morning roundup

Kyrgyzstan is going to hell in a handbasket.

It's an interesting question: does one have the right to burn whatever kind of light bulb one wants? I say all this as someone who has plenty of soft white light bulbs in the house. Do people have a responsibility to the planet? Is considering the envoronmental impact of one's actions and purchases merely optional?

Amid the crow's feet and additional gray hairs, we can take comfort in the perks of getting older. Specifically: we can't hear a certain "high-pitched, headache-inducing sound" that Gallery Place is emitting to repel teenagers.

The Times encourages the Oxford English Dictionary to keep up the print edition.

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