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1. My workplace finally figured out why my paychecks stopped arriving a few weeks ago. (Because I have direct deposit and I am less than stellar about monitoring my finances, it took me a few weeks to catch on, so it's not like it was a mystery for weeks, just a few days.) Actually, that's not quite true - the best explanation I've gotten is "sometimes the system just does crazy shit" - but at least I am getting paid again, which I feel is the crucial point in all of this.

2. Magnetic Monopoles Detected In A Real Magnet For The First Time - I was really disappointed that this title slightly exaggerates what they did find. In related news, I have long regretted that I missed out on buying one of the tshirts that the physics department was selling a few years ago, with the magnetic monopole version of Maxwell's equations on the front and "We believe" on the back.

3. I want to steal Neil Gaiman's library. Do you think he would mind?