The Horror still presides over the original Heart of Darkness as the publicity over Darfur obscures a crisis in the Congo where more than 4 million have died. Check out this article.

Also, an interesting article on the duality of globalization in Chicago with rich getting richer and the middle class dropping out.

Apparently it snowed 8 inches here this weekend. Although its hard for me to tell cause I was in downtown Springfield the whole time

Another article about rubber ducks. I can't help it.