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...where I jumped in joy from a pier about 30 feet high into the murky waters, not knowing that just two, three feet under the surface there were gigantic tree trunks stabilizing this whole thing. I didn't see them; I dove down headfirst and brushed it with a shoulder. That could have killed me, but it would have been from sheer stupidity, and I would hate to die from stupidity. (Watch a video of the Q&A with Herzog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Werner Herzog | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

Barbecue varies by region, with the four main styles named after their place of origin: Memphis, Tenn.; North Carolina; Kansas City; and Texas. Memphis is renowned for pulled pork-shoulder doused in sweet tomato-based sauce (eaten on its own or as a sandwich). North Carolina smokes the whole hog in a vinegar-based sauce. Kansas City natives prefers ribs cooked in a dry rub, and Texans ... well, Texans dig beef. Eastern Texas' relative proximity to Tennessee puts it in the pulled-pork camp, but in the western segment of the Lone Star State, you're likely to find mesquite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbecue | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...were so sorry for you all,” she said. She reached out and touched my shoulder...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...asked the radiologist how many infants were diagnosed with a problematic pelvis. Not many, I was told. However, she continued, the government reasoned that it was far more cost-effective to X-ray every newborn in the country - and fix the deformity before the child learned to walk - than shoulder the cost of corrective surgery when it was older. Needless to say, there are psychological benefits to this approach as well. Adrienne W. Covington, POISSY, FRANCE

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judge and Jury | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...ideas translate into policy changes. And she vows to continue as long as Congress will have her. "I'm not hanging on to this job. I'm here at the pleasure of the Senate that appointed me," she says. "But having said that, I'm not looking over my shoulder. I'm here to do what I think is right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elizabeth Warren: Riding Herd on the Bailout | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

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