Kids Know: According to a new report, kids know what they want to be by the time they are 11 years old, and stick to it. I definitely can't say the same... I think when I was 11, I still had aspirations to become an Olympic gymnast (I was not a great gymnast, but that was an minor, largely irrelevant detail.) Really, it's more about whether kids intend to stay in school, but still interesting.
The Guardian also has an op-ed about the importance of candy for kids. Oh, how I envy the author: "In the course of my research for a book on the global history of confectionery (someone had to do it), I have sourced large quantities of sweets from all over the world, which I have arrayed on every available surface around my study at home so that I can break off from writing at any moment to sample some rare sugared delight. I have beautifully decorated tins of bonbons from France and Italy on my bookshelves, packs of cheap and weird sweets from the Far East all over the desk, boxes of Canadian maple candies and fine Swiss chocolates on the mantelpiece, and two suitcases on the floor filled with packets of extraordinary confections from every corner of the globe." Yet even though I am a candy afficianado, I feel like the author goes a little bit overboard in defending sweets. I definitely agree that sweets give joy, but I also think they have their place, and it should be for special occasions. I think that I love candy so much in part because they were for special occasions, and not an everyday thing.

This weekend I caved and did a sudoku, but only because I saw you can win $500 for completing one next week. As you can see on all the WP stands in DC, sudoku is catching on, and firms are making big bucks.