I tried to get out a family trip by saying I had to stay home and think about what to do about Syria. No dice. And so, this is a quick reminder that I’ll be hitting the road with the fam for a Spring Break vacation. I’ll try to squeeze in a couple editions during the next week. But delivery will be sporadic.

+ For me, this baseball season couldn’t come soon enough. For Chicago White Sox fans, it can still wait a little longer. Only 974 people showed up for a recent home game.

+ “By studying dozens of fossilized ostracods, Maria João Fernandes Martins from the Smithsonian Institution and her colleagues have found that species where males are disproportionately bigger than females—and so invest more heavily in sex, and have larger penises—disappear far more quickly.” When a Bigger Penis Means Swifter Extinction. Ugh, I already have travel anxiety, and now this…