Posted by Jason Diamond

Today’s news is brought to you by the kosher salt I had to use throw in front of me as I tried to climb down my stoop that was covered in ice.  Kosher salt: God wants you to use it.

• David Berman (above) has a blog.  There is a pretty good chance the former Silver Jew has kosher salt in his kitchen.

• According to The Guardian, Neal Cassady took drugs, was a bigamist and an all around good dude.

• Was David Foster Wallace a prophet?

• Things I do and don’t need: a “Harry Potter mixtape” with tracks by Green Day, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and Spoon