Akkam’s Razor

These are my links for August 12th through August 13th:

• Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos - Words - particularly from books - as bodyart.
• The Washington Monthly: The Burbs - Matt points us today to a discussion on the Freakonomics blog about the future of suburbia in the face of increasing gasoline prices. The consensus view is fairly grim, but it reminds me of a few random points about urban land use that have been on my mind for a while. There's no big overarching point here, and nothing especially original, just a few thoughts that don't seem to get much attention in blogospheric discussions of the burbs.