…don’t blame the turkey. Another urban myth put to rest.

The object of art is to give life a shape. To that end, here is Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” translated into emoticons. (There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.)

Hat tip: Itsapundit.

Remember, way back on Wednesday, when we reported that Pajamas Media was relaunched under the name Open Source Media? Well, the new name just wasn’t working out, so yesterday, it was renamed back to Pajamas Media. Charles and Roger explain why.

So how did this happen in the first place? Back at the beginning, certain, shall we say, paternalistically minded parties (i.e., the guys in suits) decided that we should act like grownups, and being as yet somewhat immature — at least as businesspeople — we did as we were told. Which is how, one day, we ended up sitting around a conference table listening to representatives from a “branding” company. What followed is still a bit of a nightmarish blur, but it involved a PowerPoint presentation on the history of names, and such probing questions as, “If you were an animal, what animal would you be?” (Which is how we almost ended up as Jellyfish Media.)

I don’t think they had another champagne party with Judith Miller at the Rainbow Room to celebrate this rechristening, but I shall open a Miller High Life (”The champagne of beers”) today in their honor.

Michael Panorelli bought $117 worth of lumber at a Home Depot store in Massachusetts, using a borrowed pencil to mark the wood he was buying. He then accidentally walked out the door with the pencil in his pocket. He was pursued by a security guard and asked to return the pencil, which he cheerfully surrendered. The Home Depot staff then handed Panorelli a form letter banning him from entering any of their stores for a year, because of his “theft.”

“They told me the pencil was worth money to the store and I was stealing it and I’m barred from the store because of that pencil,” said Panorelli, showing no remorse.

“Big commotion for one stupid pencil — a used pencil,” said a friend of his, who may have been an accomplice.

After some news exposure and a public outcry, Home Depot has apologized and lifted the ban, but Panorelli has no plans to return. (via Wizbang)

Sure, there are lots of news portal websites that will deliver the text of articles from various sources, but Today’s Front Pages is exactly what its title implies: the actual front pages of today’s newspapers. Almost 500 newspapers, from all around the world. The interface is well designed; you can sort the papers alphabetically, or click on a map.

Angel in the Waters is a perfect book for anyone expecting a new child, but especially for anyone who already has a young child and is expecting another. The text by Regina Doman and illustrations by Ben Hatke (both dear friends of ours, by the way) tell the story of one baby’s gestation, from a first-person perspective. The paperback is only $6.95. Have a look.