Great Books

TheAtlantic.com

If you love books and you need some help finding something to read, The Atlantic has you covered: The Greatest Books of All Time, as Voted by 125 Famous Authors.

Another reading list: GigaOm

7 stories to read this weekend

Longform: War Criminals

I'm finding longform journalism a lot more useful in satisfying my daily curiousity than novels and non-fiction. Being able to read, digest, and contemplate a piece in a single sitting makes me feel more efficient.
This is why I have become a big fan of the web-aggregator Longform.org and for regularly featured authors like David Grann, William Deresiewicz, and Mark Bowden. The website also does a lot of lists, which makes things easy. 

The best stories ever written about war criminals on the lam

Harvard Econ on Taxes

NY Times

Economist Greg Mankiw of Greg Mankiw's blog suggests four keys to a better tax system:

• Broaden the base and lower the rates
• Tax consumption
• Tax bads rather than goods
• Keep it simple 

10 Things Steakhouses won't tell you

a list from Smartmoney.com

Book: Locavesting

Lately, I have been finding a lot of support for investing and giving locally or on a micro scale. The idea of bypassing the wasteful bureaucracies of large charities and investment houses makes a lot of sense.
Here are three examples: Locavesting or 10 reasons to not donate to a major charity or Give locally

Happy B-day Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms for “Drunk”

List: Snorg Tees

The best Snorg Tees:

Tako Approved: Comedians

a new, and grossly incomplete, list of comedians to watch.

Amy Schumer
Bill Cosby
Billy Gardell
Bob Marley
Chris Rock
Dan Naturman
Dave Atell
Gerry Dee
Jerry Seinfeld
Kevin Hart
Louis Black
Louis C.K.
Mike Birbiglia
Nate Bargatze
Tig Notaro
Tom Papa
Whitney Cummings
Wyatt Cenac
Zach Galifianakis

Professionalize your profile

From Fast Company

5 Tips To Turn Your Personal Profile Into A Professional Place

Recipe: Bo Ssam (Pork Shoulder)

this one gets added to the list of recipes to try: Korean Pork Shoulder. from David Chang, chef--Momofuku

List: Amazing Anatomy

11 Insane Features of Normal Human Anatomy

List: West Wing Characters

11 Outrageously Obscure ‘West Wing’ Characters Who Resurfaced on Twitter

Maryland Schools #1

I had no idea. I don't know if this is good for MD or bad for the country.

Regrets of the dying

I found a link to this list while surfing athlete Jim Gourley's blog.

I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself
I wish I didn't work so hard
I wish I had the courage to express my feelings
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
I wish I had let myself be happier

List: 11 things germier than toilet seats

 interesting:

"People are understandably squeamish about public restrooms. But the same people are probably regularly interacting with surfaces that have far more germs and overall icky-ness than your average public toilet seat."

Cake that looks like food

Another outstanding list from MentalFloss: 11 Stunning Cakes that look excatly like other foods.