As the boat is slammed by searing winds and tumultuous seas, he staggers around, sliding over slippery decks, seasick, bruised, exhausted and wholly in awe of the crew's ability to work on the roiling deck, in the pitching gutting room and the ice-filled hold.

ECONOMIST: Living off the cruel sea

Those glorious Saturday mornings filled with cartoons and a complete lack of responsibility will always hold a special place in our hearts, and we're thrilled to hear that some faithful classics are about to get reborn on PBS-HD.

ENGADGET: Matinee at the Bijou to bring classic cartoons to PBS-HD HD

No other social network, filled with pictures of babies and cats and drunken parties, could hold a proverbial flame to it.

FORBES: Google Reader Is Dead, Long Live Google Reader

The world saw you hold up purple ink-stained fingers, and your courage filled us with admiration.

NPR: Bush Addresses U.N. on Peace in Middle East

"It was a big thick form, maybe 30 pages, which was filled in with great difficulty because I can barely write, I can't hold a pen properly, " he said.

BBC: Entertainment & Arts

If deflation took hold, the gap in demand left by those fleeing debt would not be filled by cash-rich consumers, who tend to be less free-spending.

ECONOMIST: Debt and deflation

For those mulling locations for that most special and anxiety-filled popping of questions, I can't recommend them highly enough, and they hold up very well in subtle "whose engagement was better" contests.

WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

The cells that make the structures that hold tissues together are injected into a "bioreactor, " really a specially designed plastic box filled with netting made of suture material.

FORBES: Advanced Tissue Sciences Founder Wins Inventor Award