Here are some links to start your weekend goofing-off. Science:

Why Jesus Makes Me a Bad Scientist…
Microcosm Week: How E. coli Sees The Future
Ace o’Science
Unscientific America: Is the (new) media to blame?
Other:
Exclusive Interview: Rolling Stone Journalist Matt Taibbi
Calpers: Rating Agencies to Blame for Huge Losses
Isaac Chotiner Gets Jonah Goldberg Wrong
The American Choice: Break up and regulate companies or suffer another crisis
People do what they do because they want to do it