Gleanings: Crystal, Ross, Green:
- Washington Post: Billy Crystal wins Mark Twain prize for American humor (via Nextbook).
- The Powells.com blog is running a great explanation of where the idea for 33 1/3, the amazing music book series came from.
- Shifting Careers: On small business owners and blogging.
- Jason Kottke interviews New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross.
- FreeRice gives ten grains of rice to a hungry person every time you get a right answer on a vocabulary quiz. It’s doing good in a nerdy kinda way.
- I’m mad I’m going to be out of town for the San Francisco Green Festival. Sounds like a great lineup and a chance to score some free hemp milk