Links

1.  Interesting story and database on which parts of the country army recruits are coming from.  The database lists numbers of active, guard and reserve recruits by state and county - it would be nice to see that data in a map interface.

2.  Obama passes on the NASCAR sponsorship.

3.  Joy tries out the chocolate chip cookie waiting game to see if the payoff is worth the wait. 

4.  Jeff Sharlett points to a good new comics podcast/blog by a husband and wife team.

5.  Sad, powerful piece from the Washington Post on a funeral for a 19 year old recently killed in prison.

6.  Long piece on the state of American rail travel through the lens of a train ride from New York to San Francisco.

7.  Transparent toaster: