Work in literature. "Joshua Ferris, author of an acclaimed debut about office life, goes in search of the workaday world in American literature." From the U.K. Guardian. If you're gonna turn off your TV this week, you'll likely be reading more than normal. Might as well read the literature Ferris looks at, like Bartleby the Scrivener (setting: 19th century Wall Street), Kafka's The Metamorphosis, The Great Gatsby, Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road, and George Saunders's Pastoralia.

Fun at Home with Salt Water Aquariums. Fun, fun, fun 'till a 6-foot nocturnal worm starts eating your coral.

Remember kids - dogs go "bark", sheep go "baaa" more inside

"We are not starting a party because we have an ideology...a vision for a better Bhutan. We are starting a party because the king has ordered us." Democracy is coming to Bhutan by royal fiat.

TV Turnoff Week! Previously! Also! And here! A week to turn off your TV (and computer?) in order to better understand what role TV plays in our daily lives. more inside

No seat on the Tube? Then these are the boots for you.