[links] Link salad awakens sweaty and in pain

Awesome car hood ornaments — Courtesy of Dark Roasted Blend.

The Sleepover Question — Teen agers and sex.

Cern scientists suspect glimpse of Higgs boson

To Have and to Hold: The First Gay Marriages In New York City Begin — Can the American Right please tell me how many heterosexual marriages were shattered that day? Or does arrant bigtory lack objective metrics?

Do Tell — Another piece of arrant conservative bigotry falls by the wayside, yet somehow the Republic has not collapsed. Amazing, that.

The Hated and the Hater, Both Touched by Crime — Victim and perpetrator of a Muslim hate crime speak out. (Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

We could have had the Moon, instead we get Afghanistan — Ah, conservative priorities. A darkly funny commentary on what Mr. Bush's War bought us. (Thanks to danjite.)

?otD: Got opiates?

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7/25/2011
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (post-op recovery)
Body movement: 30 minutes stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 7.5 hours (interrupted)
Weight: 225.6
Currently reading: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin