Yankee or Dixie? -- So where exactly are ya'll from? Take this test and see if your dialect gives you away. (Hat tip: Erick Erickson)

The Distance Between You and Me -- 'Physical distances are easy enough to measure, but how do we go about measuring psychological distances?” That's the question the Mapped Web project tries to answer. (Via: Bene)

Smartest blog with a slightly pornographic sounding name -- Anti-Climacus

"No, it's my turn on the computer!" -- Favorite Husband and Wife Blogs (Tie) {Le Sabot Post-Modern & TulipGirl } / {Parablemania & Uncle Sam's Cabin}

The Party of Small Government -- Vox Day argues that the Republican ideal of small government is dead: 'This is not even Clinton-lite, this is simply armed left-liberalism. Note that the increase in domestic departments dwarfs the increase in defense spending during a time of war.”

Kaus, Kucinich, Kafkaesque -- You know you spend too much time in the blogosphere when this happens: 'Two days ago I dreamded Mickey Kaus was reaming out Wes Clark. Last night I dreamed I was arguing with Kucinich supporters.” (from Jefferey at joyfulchristian)

Roe vs. Dean -- Why did Howard Dean do so poorly in Iowa? Dean's strongest support is among 18-to-29-year-olds. Not only did this demographic fail to show up at the polls, about one-third failed to show up at birth. (Via: TulipGirl)

Debunking The DaVinci Code -- Was Jesus married? Mark Roberts examines the evidence.

10 Rules for Blogging -- The Commissar lists the top ten rules of blogging. My pet peeve is also #1 on his list: 'Do not apologize for light blogging…Comrade, I hate to be the one to tell you ... but we will survive. Really. With support of my family, I think I will be able to get by the next day or two without an update from "YourDailyNanoBlogPundit.com."

More to come...