when there's no one in the office, you get to do a lot of reading...
Richard Dietsch over at SI.com had a list of articles he enjoyed this past year, and here are some of those I enjoyed
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magazine/here-is-what-happens-when-you-cast-lindsay-lohan-in-your-movie.html
http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=94816
http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21584311-elmore-leonard-crime-fiction-writer-died-august-20th-aged-87-elmore-leonard
Here's a great line from an article about soccer and racism in Italy (http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9338962/when-beautiful-game-turns-ugly)
QuoteMarconi's family has lived in Siena for at least 500 years -- the paper trail ran out before relatives did -- and he explains that the town is proud of its bitter and eternal feuds