schools and government employees have mlk day off, but most of corporate america has to work. for those of you starting slow this week with the news of impending rain and a busy weekend, here’s some carefully selected web stories to help you pass the time.

america is the new oceania…let’s all move to canada together [nytimes]

cnet’s blog would have been an obvious target for thought police [cnet]

you can’t think of ads like this unless you were high [uaddit.com]

melinda gates wears the pants in her family [money]

fake phone calls to impress people into thinking you’re popular [pdialer]

happy monday!