Saturday Links

The Doctor Who Advent Calendar is up!

Update on the writers' strike from Mark Evanier. It's not looking good. Oh well.

TV shows take on comics culture with a variety of success.

Click on the dots, trap the cat. It's easier to win this game than it is to put the average cat into a cat carrier.

But for vocabulary building for a good cause, try FreeRice.

Just a thought... any Islamic person who is angry about the teddy bear is insulting their own religion and making Islam look like a farce to the rest of the world.

Another legend of my childhood gone. Farewell, and good luck on that motorcycle jump in the sky, Evel Knievel.

The Bad Astronomer reports that Texas is doomed, and follows up with even more doomage. Let's just say that if you want a science education, you won't want to go to Texas for it.

Cats: PurrCast. Podcasts of purring.

When threatened by angry Samurai, does the world record holder for race walking (Jefferson Perez from Ecuador) continue to walk, or will he run?

And yeah, it's still snowing. Huh. I figured we'd have rain by now.