The moral of the story is... don’t try to rob the guy with the shotgun.

Candy as rocket fuel.

McDonalds has put up a sundial billboard in Chicago. A shadow of their logo falls on a different food each hour of the morning.

Seeing is Believing: 700 years of scientific illustrations.

”Honey, I’m just going to be honest with you, OK? I just thought he was cute. I’m 45 years old and I’d just like to meet him again, but I don’t know how to go about doing that without calling 911.”

Tired of credit card offers? src points out a subversive meme.

Fantasybookspot’s archive of conversations with fantasy and sci-fi authors. (from webpetals)

Dandelife

Talent isn’t everything: 7 habits of highly effective junior designers (comments are worth reading, too.)

Cool flash presentation on string theory, other dimensions, and parallel universes. (from yendi)


Politics
Valerie Plame is suing... well, everybody -- Rove, Libby and Cheney included. Two very interesting elements to this case:
1) Cheney may have to appear in court or give testimony on record, even though he’s currently serving in public office. Republicans spent so much time railing about how President Clinton should not be above the law in his own civil lawsuits that they won’t be able to do the opposite for Cheney without losing all credibility.
2) Considering that Plame may have used her influence inappropriately to have her own husband promoted, this lawsuit may backfire on her rather spectacularly.
Plame and Wilson have set up a legal support trust to cover their expenses.

Don’t count your chickens... but the country may get a lot more blue in November.