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• Clayton Kershaw taking on the mantle of Sandy Koufax.  (Faith and Fear in Flushing.)
• Shifting operating costs to government.  (Zandar Versus The Stupid.)
• Permaculture:  Not just sustainable gardening.  (naked capitalism.)
• Uncertainty as valuable mindset.  (walk on.)

  It might seem strange to think of uncertainty as a skill to be cultivated, but it is precisely that. Abiding in uncertainty is uncomfortable. It strips us of our easy assumptions and continually confronts us with the possibility that we may be wrong. It is much easier to be certain.

• What bigots can teach us, or what comes between Brooke Shields and her Calvins.  (Yes, that's an obscure old reference to advertising.  Try Google.) (The Rectification of Names.)
• In Memoriam:  Madeleine LeBeau, the last living cast member of Casablanca.

Why do I get the impression that the people screaming about perverts in bathrooms want in fact to be perverts in bathrooms?  (See fourth paragraph.)  (I stopped into Bloomie's this afternoon, and there was a single-stall outhouse restroom next to the ladies' loo.  Although some people will complain about that.)