the old thepete.com blog

newyorker:

In this week’s issue: Ryan Lizza on Michele Bachmann. Dana Goodyear on eating bugs. James Wood on secularism. David Denby on “The Help.” Elizabeth Kolbert on Neanderthals and us. Tom Bissell on video game actor Jennifer Hale. And more.

The only problem I have with this is that the life boat would really be a tricked out speed boat with loads of life-prolonging tech, food, and prostitutes.