M. Scheuer: "..#binLaden's plan to knock US props from under Mubarak's regime." [Osama Bin Laden] Books Biographies dld.bz/QPDN

Nunberg admits that some words only exist for spelling bees and tolerates certain slang. [The Way We Talk Now] NYT dld.bz/JgwB

Another explanation for dark energy is that it is a new kind of dynamical energy fluid or field. NASA NSF SciFri dld.bz/HDrF

Philip Freeman: "We will never know exactly where Patrick lived." [St. Patrick of Ireland] Books St Patrick's Day: dld.bz/Rm2f

All incarnations of energy with negative pressure are called dark energy. dld.bz/HDrF cosmology SciFri NYTimesScience NASA NSF

Evgeny Morozov: "In the days when the Internet was young, our hopes were high." [The Net Delusion] Books dld.bz/RfZP

Hamilton: "..long before it was common, had a two-bin stainless steel restaurant sink.." [Blood, Bones & Butter] Books dld.bz/QjsJ

Stephanie Coontz: "We've seen love in the WhiteHouse before, but in many cases it was the.." [A Strange Stirring] Books dld.bz/PvtE

Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent his career examining patients struggling to survive with phantom-limb syndrome. dld.bz/JgwB

Gary Vaynerchuk: ".. strangers and friends alike were expected to treat each other .." [The Thank You Economy] Books dld.bz/PZQC