Pieces, Particles XVI

The following stories spotted recently in print publications might be worth a look. Heads and decks, only. Heads and decks.

All Over the Maps by Bryan Miller, New York Times, March 28, 2004
For a lover of cartography, fold-out charts of streets and roads are worthy of endless study

The Birth of the Meta-Protest Rally? by Jack Hitt, New York Times Magazine, March 28, 2004
Billionaires for Bush are not for real, except when they are.

Casting Reality TV, No Longer a Hunch, Becomes a Science by David Carr, New York Times, March 28, 2004

Cellphones Ringing at Home and at Work by Lisa Belkin, New York Times, March 28, 2004

Consumed: Sprite ReMix by Rob Walker, New York Times Magazine, March 28, 2004
The drink is not about loyalty to a consistent taste but to a consistent idea about taste.

Dorothy Denny Scardino, 82, Musical Star of the Bank Lobby, New York Times, March 28, 2004

Giving Credits the Credit They're Due by Steven Heller, New York Times, March 28, 2004
A survey of the work of a three-minute auteur

New Way for Teenagers to See If They Bounce by Anna Bahney, New York Times, March 29, 2004

News Reports for Ultra-Short Attentions by Warren St. John, New York Times, March 28, 2004
A news program that feels "like a train that's about to come off the tracks."

Police to Protesters: Come on Down! by Michael Wilson, New York Times, March 28, 2004

They'll Have the Usual by Richard J. Scholem, New York Times, March 28, 2004
Restaurateurs never tire of their super-regular customers

Tom and Hank's Birthplace, Along the Mighty Chemung by Michelle York, New York Times, March 28, 2004
It's not Hannibal or Hartford, but Elmira was also home to Mark Twain.