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Wine rankings are for suckers. "Brochet invited 57 wine experts and asked them to give their impressions of what looked like two glasses of red and white wine. The wines were actually the same white wine, one of which had been tinted red with food coloring. But that didn't stop the experts from describing the 'red' wine in language typically used to describe red wines. One expert praised its 'jamminess,' while another enjoyed its 'crushed red fruit.' Not a single one noticed it was actually a white wine."

"We love Steve and his trademark outfit. This look is insanely great." Seriously? Come on. Also, stop using the word "insanely."

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." ~ Albert Einstein

A graph demonstrating that Darwinian evolution is less accepted in U.S. than many other Western countries. Yup, we rank right above Turkey and just below the fine progressive nations of Cyprus and Latvia. "Well, the jury is still out on evolution, you know." ~ George W. Bush answering a question regarding the case about how the evolution of man should be taught in schools, September 2005. The "moran" man comes to mind. (LiveScience.com contributes more commentary)

Empathic paintings change appearance based on your mood. Does the color red always indicate anger? Is blue always sad? Is that cultural bias? (via: Design Asides)

A malange of arrows, bullets, cart and email icons from "Fortune 1000 company sites, major online retailers, well known blogs, top advertising, publishing, and design agencies, technology and software industry leaders, and the very largest online news publishers."

Screw the mouse and the keyboard. The interface of the future is a multipoint touch screen (link to video). When this becomes mainstream, remember to invest in Windex--there'll be a lot of smudge marks to deal with. (thanks for the heads up KLJ)

This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can...

The Perry Bible Fellowship finally gets a new website. The left and right navigation have fantastic mouse over effects. The only bummer is that the artwork images are changed with JavaScript, so you can't link directly to a page. (via: Zack to the Klein)

I was just saying to myself the other day, "Self, wouldn't it be great to have a map of all the known megaliths, stone circles, and ancient rock mounds in Europe?"