learn how to label african countries

it's an african jigsaw puzzle. very educational. link courtesy of ms. amy. see how well you can perform (i can only get up to the 'hard' level):

http://www.schoolnet.na/games/map/africa.html

romantic brains

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/blog/6883-score-romantics-1-cynics-0-17854.html

aminals

i love 'em

http://webecoist.com/2008/08/24/strangest-endangered-species-and-animals/

i love dogs so much

this one is talented:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1pOUb8a_g

DNA

-Scientists think they could clone a woolly mammoth for $10 million. They could probably also clone Neanderthals too, but, evidently, that would bring up ethical issues:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/science/20mammoth.html



-Also, other scientists used DNA testing to identify the remains of Copernicus.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_copernicus;_ylt=AvPF9IvXb0aP24.7bpRvX6.s0NUE
Can we clone him too?

cool bugs

cool bug #1 (a hot-pink catydid):
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/the-strangest-camouflage-in-the-world/3058

cool bug #2 (covers itself in pretty things):
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/amazing-technicolored-coat-of-the-caddisfly/3971

a strange concept...

...but worth a post:

LOL presidents

live puppies!

live puppies 24/7!!!!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

....including the kitchen sink

16 modern sink designs. very cool:

http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/17/creative-modern-sinks-wash-basin-designs/

this site actually has a lot of other cool stuff like this. i recommend a perusal.

...and...

also very cool bike rack designs (follow the links to see more than just the winner):

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/hoop-wins-bike-rack-design-contest/

friendblog

I found this on my friend Diego's blog. It's friend Jared singing in a van w Red Hunter from Peter and the Wolf:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3br57_701-paris-lost-in-texas-episode-1


Really, it's pretty great, so you should watch it.

religion and happiness

this article is really good, but make sure you read it until the very end. otherwise, you'll miss the point:

http://www.slate.com/id/2203614

lolcats do william carlos williams

naomi sent this link to me, and i find it unbearably hilarious:

You can haz
plums in the
ice box.
But I
eated them.
Kthxbye!


it's from the contest here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/11/we-can-has-games-1.html
it's in the comments.

six links, in descending order of awesomeness

turns out kevin spacey does *amazing* impressions:
http://www.filmroster.com/video/kevin_spacey_impersonates_jimmy_stewart_al_pacino_christopher_walken_and_many_more

maps that show how united statesians really vote:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

really neat photos of people jumping, etc.:
http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/08/awesome-freeze-frame-time-photography/

pretty natgeo photographs turned into online jigsaw puzzles=great time-waster:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/jigsaw-puzzles

fifty facts about our new president that make him seem even more hip than i thought:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/3401168/Barack-Obama-The-50-facts-you-might-not-know.html

insulting words. the second one made me laugh out loud:
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/10-insulting-words-you-should-know/

an article that makes kristin need to curse hard

Just read it:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRxZox4GFoIweckPDP1oRhKBlHOwD94CDDM80

useful information

5 best sites to stream tv (if you're of the television watching persuasion):

http://lifehacker.com/5055337/five-best-sites-to-stream-tv

i love their cute, furry faces

Presidential Dogs, through Time:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1830236_1746240,00.html

this poem is just too amazing

I used to be of the opinion that Percy Byssche Shelley was a tool, but I can't help admiring this poem. It's his elegy to Keats:

http://www.bartleby.com/41/522.html

should be asleep or studying

but instead:

http://yearbookyourself.com/

pro crastination

use your knowledge, learn new words, procrastinate, and donate rice to hungry ppl all at the same time!

http://www.freerice.com

tired but happy

here are some sweet links:

cool looking green buildings:
http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/02/20-great-works-of-green-art-and-design/3-sustainable-treehouse-free-spirit-sphere/

environmental photography:
http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/01/the-environmental-photography-of-chris-jordan/

knit graffiti:
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html

amazing japanese acrobats from the early 1900s:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=35115

oh you kooky 17th century poets

John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, a famous 17th century poet and friend of King Charles II, wooed his wife by abducting her after she refused his advances. Then he had a bunch of affairs and at least one baby out of wedlock. Check it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wilmot,_Countess_of_Rochester

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester

for a chuckle

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