really special links

flow chart of heavy metal band names (awesomely special):
http://www.comicvsaudience.net/images/flow_heavymetal.jpg


every episode of are you afraid of the dark (arguably special):
http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/13.html

an etymological map of europe (very very clever special):
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-37310.html#backToArticle=591702

barack obama's favorite books (presidentially special):
http://www.abebooks.com/books/barack-obama-favorite-books.shtml?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=nl&cm_pla=cme_obama&cm_ite=feature

fibonacci batman

http://www.diodepoetry.com/v2n2/content/seaton_m.html

smart kids, helpful pets, and gorey tips on being deflowered

in reverse order:

edward gorey wrote a weird-ass book about women being deflowered:
http://community.livejournal.com/found_objects/3699822.html?page=1

animals are so fucking awesome i can hardly handle it (dogs are the best):
http://webecoist.com/2009/01/05/disabled-animals-pets-rescue-owners/

these kids are already more successful than me, and it makes me feel a little happy and a little sad:
http://razoo.com/articles/Five_Kids_Who_Made_the_World_a_Better_Place

design and artstuffs

3D graffiti art seriously blows my mind. how do they do that? :
http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/29/top-10-3d-graffiti-artists-in-the-world/

glow-in-the dark solar powered mason jars:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/994a/

easy/cool snow sculptures that we can do a-plenty this winter in chicago:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/8-incredible-snow-face-sculptures/5310

and, spiders are probably the best designers. here's how a spider builds her web:
http://bitsandpieces.us/2009/01/05/how-spiders-make-their-webs/

mexican walking fish

looks like a creature from labyrinth:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/ubercool_mexica.php

michael palin for prez

my bro and i used to joke about mccain having picked the wrong palin (bc michael palin, frankly, is probably the best palin to have graced this planet), but it looks like someone else thought of it and found a funnier way to propose it.

just go to this link and watch the video:

www.michaelpalinforpresident.com

crazy awesome art

this artist paints things invisible; it's rad:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-camouflage-art/4793

these artists grow trees into useful living furniture:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/trees-grow-furniture/3224

environmental graffiti is a good blog, eh?

studs terkel

re-posted from friend frank. good find.

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=30445