“Jews dearly love to fight among themselves over petty bullshit. It helps them forget about all the other people out to get them.”

– Rachel Shukert, in her new book, Have You No Shame?

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Rachel, and will be writing more about her book soon.

According to BoingBoing, starting on select commercial flights today, you will be able to waste everyone’s time with email forwards and youtube videos without having to wait until your plane lands.

Finally, en route from JFK to LAX, you will be able to watch that Chocolate Rain guy non-stop:

What an exciting time to be alive.

1. Indiana’s Jewish Post & Opinion has published a very kind review of Shut Up, I’m Talking.

2. Daniel B., international vagabond and Friend of the Blog — who was recently described by a bookseller as my “creepy friend” — has a funny little post about the dangers of flying. Read it if you want to live.

This past weekend I was on The Bob Edwards show on NPR on both Saturday and Sunday (and on Satellite radio a few days earlier). Mr. Edwards lived up to his reputation as a fantastic interviewer, and I really liked the result.

“Strong, tough, and battle-ready are some of the words often associated with robots, but we wanted to break that stereotype and provide a robot that’s sweet.”

                                                                                                     — Minako Sakanoue

Oded Gross figured it out:

By way of Matthew Yglesias, who is probably partially to blame for your failed marriage as well. 

I just walked by a television set, and although I am not sure what was on, I am 100 percent sure I heard someone on it say:

“There is no more need to have strangers come to your house, spraying poison around your children.”