1. For some reason I've had several coversations recently about the consentual cannibalism case, so I've collected some links here: the first report, more details, and the verdict.
2. Waddling Thunder reminisces about his defeat 8 years ago at the hands of the new US chess champion, 16 year old Hikaru Nakamura (pictures in that last link, apparently with no cheese puffs). By the way, 16 really is old for a grandmaster, at least by some standards.
3. Also at Crescat: my holiday recipes.
4. And Legal Affairs has an interesting piece on the economic effects of common law vs civil law systems. A friend familiar with this research mentioned that one major problem with it is that "countries with French legal origin had if anything better financial systems a century ago, and only sometime after WWII did the ranking become what it is now."
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