x-planes with an old print of the Graf Zeppelin — Mmm.
Handcrafted wooden toys of recently extinct animals — I think this one speaks for itself. (Snurched from Drawn.ca.)
Freakonomics on a Russian plan to send apes to Mars — Money shot: Any monkeys sent into space will be supervised by robots.
Top Republican Myths about the Crotch Bomber Affair — Juan Cole debunks Reps. Pete Hoekstra and Peter King and Sen. Joe Lieberman. Admittedly, debunking Republicans (and Lieberman) is generally about like debunking the Society for the Preservation of Gravity, but millions of people take this nonsense seriously.
?otD: Yule or Noel?
12/30/2009
Body movement: n/a (60 minute urban walk forthcoming)
Hours slept: 6.0
This morning's weigh-in: 224.0
Currently reading: Living With Ghosts by Kari Sperring