I'm too tired to be cohesive/coherent/whatever today, so instead, just a few random links and thoughts:

• The New York Times's Most E-mailed Stories of 2003


• Michael Chabon on Amanda Davis in the New York Times magazine (free registration required)


• In case of emergency: make rum balls


• Rainy days and Mondays get me down - at least today they do


• Pitchfork picks its Top 50 of 2003 - only 11 of which I actually liked. I feel rather unhip/cynical/curious


• John Ashcroft and Paris Hilton order a lot of pizza - from the Houston Chronicle, by way of Metafilter.


• I miss a lot of people these days


• Words to avoid in 2004, as ordered by Low Culture and Gawker. Take careful notes please - though I admit it will be hard for me to drop all of my Queer Eye references.


• If you ask me, 2004 can't get here soon enough