"Many of us, after reaching a certain age, notice that we have to urinate more frequently and with more urgency. The standard assumption, that seems to have become part of our folklore, is that your bladder shrinks as you get older. We found that this may not be the case," said Neil Resnick, M.D., professor and chief, division of geriatric medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

I guess that's an old wives tale that I never heard. It would never have occurred to me.

Science Daily: The Bladder Does Not SHrink As You Get Older - Linked from BoingBoing

David Knopfler just had a new poetry book published. It's been out for a couple of weeks--I got my copy last week, I think--and they just put up some sample poems from it. You can get a first edition, signed by David, here: Blood Stones and Rhythmic Beasts.

But, let's be honest. In America, 60% of us end up like me, divorced and drunk and covered in cat hair. Sometimes (not always but SOMETIMES) married means cleaning the cat box, filling the toilet paper holder that no one but you is apparently capable of filling, bitching about the dishes, and not having sex. And ya'll I can do that all by my own damn self! With the added benefit of having no one to justify the yarn shopping to.

CrazyAuntPurl: Friday night on the town

storTroopers - make yourself!

The Rock Snob asked readers to make two lists of "Desert Island Discs:

the first list being the albums that you'd honestly take to that desert island for your listening enjoyment, the second list being the albums that you'd claim to be taking to impress other Rock Snobs.

I'd do it, but sadly, I don't know enough about music to know what would impress a rock snob. I only know what I like.

Link from Panopticist.com

I can't remember where I first saw this: PostSecret. Some of them are silly, some are heartbreaking. All are fascinating.

I haven't really explored this in depth, but what a cool concept! Bitty is code that can place a tiny (or any size, I suppose) browser window within a web page, like so:

That particular use isn't terribly useful, since you have to scroll horizontally, but I can envision lots of cool uses, with rss feeds, or specifically created text content.

Link from Smarter Stuff