God I Love Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, always one of my favorite writers, has another excellent essay in In These Times, I Love You, Madame Librarian

Yummy!
Farmed salmon accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than wild salmon, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

Nuts! Bunghole
Here is yet another reason why LBJ is my favorite modern president (via)

Lemons! For Everyone!
Harper has a really well-written post up over at Lemons.