From the sad shame of the Internet… Weezer Snuggy Skeptics are making a big deal out of James Randi’s comments on climate change Smoke photography is beautiful World’s largest salt cave Earth’s most incredible arches The Cadillac(s) of post-apocalyptic survival vehicles The Urantia Book knows all Wikipedia’s list of stop-motion films Wikipedia’s list of black supervillains The world’s most psychedelic lake? Gallery of power plants...
Read more »

!!!DECEMBER: GUEST BLOGGER MONTH!!! If you followed a Twitter or Facebook link to get here, it means you’re officially invited to guest blog at ICED BORSCHT & OTHER DELIGHTS during the month of December 2009, A.D. It also means I’m impressed by your writing chops and/or your ability to express an idea, whether it’s through the written...
Read more »

CLEANING OUT THE LINK CAGE: September 26, 2009 Cracked.com provides “Six Bullshit Facts About Psychology That Everyone Believes.” How Cracked.com is an authority, I’m not sure, but it’s worth a read. A pile of interesting Soviet-era magazine covers. Via Siberian Light. Listen to Carl Sagan sing; I implore you. This is incredible. Hey! Guess which heartless bastards are...
Read more »

Had a dream a few weeks ago about “the Bogota Salt Flats.” Google informs me that no such place exists. However, on the same continent, SOUTH AMERICA, there is Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, which Wikipedia calls the world’s largest salt flat. More from the Wiki Men: Some 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a...
Read more »

CLEANING OUT THE LINK CAGE 09/15/09 400 pounds of python Some incredible photographs of the Southern California wildfires. Hat tip goes to Michael Shermer. Johnny Cash sings “Nasty Dan” on SESAME STREET… Movie trailer for the film adaptation of Jon Ronson’s excellent book, THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS… An interesting piece by Jesse Walker in the new issue...
Read more »

Read more »

Interesting linkage from Mac at Posthuman Blues, who alerts us voyeurs in the modemscape to Miru Kim, an urban archeologist. Watch. I’m in love with her. Here’s her site.
Read more »