The New York Times has an interesting article suggesting that disorder may not be as bad as the “professional organizers” have made it out to be:

An anti-anticlutter movement is afoot, one that says yes to mess and urges you to embrace your disorder. Studies are piling up that show that messy desks are the vivid [...]

According to this Breaking News from the local paper, our cable provider, Charter, has been filtering out notices from the public library:

Madison Public Library patrons who use a Charter e-mail address likely have not received any messages about books that have become overdue or hold requests that have been filled.
Librarians say that the problem lies [...]

Ah, the d10! While you aren’t actually a true regular polyhedron, you are the only die that makes logical sense–metrically speaking. Chances are, others see you as over-analytical or a goody-goody. While that may be true, you also have a gift for patience and tolerance. Growing up you probably had a calculator wristwatch that you [...]

This post on the Southern Maryland Housing Bubble News blog shows how easy it is for real estate agents to manipulate home data to deceive buyers. The blog has a photo showing how a local RE/Max agent doctored data to mislead buyers about the price of a recently sold house in addition to how [...]