Best headline today: Raymond Chandler’s remains reunited with his wife’s ashes.
- You should read this essay about how blogs can hep the book industry at Three Guys One Book.
- Before the iPad there was Book-O-Mat.
- Eugene Mirman talks about dumb comments.
- James Bridle on Oblique Reading.
- Cleveland punks turned novelists.
Politics
- Remember to thank John Boehner when the government shuts down.
- President Obama and First Lady Obama cast their absentee ballots for the Chicago mayoral elections. Who do you think they voted for?