Final Thoughts of the Day

Jessica skewers another snob reviewer. What is it about some of these reviewers that they can't take a work on its own terms?

The British Library is posting 93 high-resolution digitised copies of 21 of Shakespeare's plays online, so scholars can see how the text of the plays changes across editions.

A picture of a distant planet. "Astronomers working in Chile think they may have taken the first direct image of a planet circling another star."

Speaking of stars, you can see a star chart for your location at Heavens Above. You don't even have to register. Via MetaFilter.

Daleks invade Blackpool. There's a picture of a Dalek attacking a person with the caption: "Another persistant autograph hunter gets the Dalek treatment"

Evil recipe for fried Oreos, complete with pictures. But it's funny too, so even if you have no intention of making them, go read it. Fun fun fun. Via MetaFilter.

Cryptome is a website that, like The Memory Hole, provides documents that the government doesn't want people to see. I'm not sure of the pure legality of the docs on Cryptome, but one in particular has been painful to watch: The Calendar of US Military Dead in Iraq.

And to finish off, a statue from the Winchester Mystery House:

Please note: There will be no Saturday sketch tomorrow.