Michigan, Smichigan

Yes, I know the Republicans just had their third winner in three primaries and I should probably have thoughts, but I'm a little politicked out. These links seem more interesting:

• Here's 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year according to the BBC

• I had no clue as to the campaign to Free Vermont as reported in Good Magazine

• No pun intended, but these Rules of Thumb are handy (hat tip: Dooce)

• This piece on The Epistle of Van Gogh from Makoto Fujimura is worth reading

• "Nothing says innovation like an MP3 player/taser combo" (hat tip: Unclutterer)

• For all Carrie Underwood fans: Cletus Take the Reel (hat tip: Palm Tree Pundit)