Nice view. I actually used to live just down at the bottom of this hill. In the foreground, you can see the road dips before the crest — it’s actually a false crest: you think you’re about to go down the big hill, then it evens out … and then the ground just drops out ...

1. Revealed preferences: Scientists love open-access papers as readers, but as authors they are still skeptical, according to a new study of available journals and researchers’ attitudes on the topic…The study found overwhelming support for the concept, with 89% of respondents saying that open access is beneficial to their field. But that support didn’t always ...

Another vegetable FSU doesn’t care for ML/v0 grudgingly concedes that not everything is good news for John McCain San Jose Of course McMegan double-spaces Drumasm OTM: American capitalism: it’s the best in the world, as long as you don’t need a phone or have a desire to see your doctor anytime in the current month. ...

Remind me again why we signed Matsui so early. Holy crap Stienstra on the RV lifestyle. I’d like to have seen a bit more on the economics of it. FSU bait Nevius: I don’t read Matt Yglesias a middle-aged version of Britney Spears (Saunders warning) McCourt trying to borrow money from MLB to consolidate his ...

Lew’s official denial of Dodger-lust Anything [Cameron Diaz] does … could have been done better by Edward James Olmos Fangraphs on Iwakuma negotiations. My new conspiracy theory: Rakuten asked the A’s to underbid. Kz has hurt feefees Roids vs greenies. I’m with Neyer. TINSTAAFPS TPMasm OTD: Today has been set aside to honor the victims ...