if you were a tiny person sitting on the bridge of my nose, you would have just seen the following

A pretty good synopsis of the North Korean situation in Slate A list of Joss Whedons ten favorite episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer The last episode of the best reality TV show this season, Manor House Arianna Huffingtons new column on the growing disparity between executive pensions and those of regular workers An article on US troops leaving Saudi Arabia The transcript of a discussion between Barry Diller and Bill Moyers on the sobering subject of media consolidation And this little ray of hope. It appears as though Colin Powell is being given another chance to try diplomacy, this time visiting Syria, Lebanon and eventually the West Bank.