The Atlantic Online | A History of The Atlantic Monthly The Atlantic Monthly will be the organ of no party or clique, but will honestly endeavor to be the exponent of what its conductors believe to be the American idea.

Gardening – Complete Garden Planting and Growing Guide when/how to harvest different vegies from garden.

Tim Kasser’s Home Page – About Me Author of The High Price of Materialism

huge leafy green harvest tonight from the garden, mixed with pears, bacon, blue cheese and grilled chicken

The Neural Buddhists – New York Times The real challenge is going to come from people who feel the existence of the sacred, but who think that particular religions are just cultural artifacts built on top of universal human traits . ….

thinking about signing up for some kayaking sessions on the navesink w/ monmouth county park system.

Links to Software for Network Analysis Computer Programs for Social Network Analysis. From bob.

wrapping up my inbox triage so I can get ready to ride huber and hartshorne this afternoon: http://tinyurl.com/4j24fk

Daniel Gilbert – Happiness Researcher – New York Times So the good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect.

Why Bother? Micahel Pollan – Sunday New York Times Magazine Great essay from Pollan in Sunday’s nytime’s magazine: “How did it come to pass that virtue — a quality that for most of history has generally been deemed, well, a virtue — became a mark of…