links for 2007-11-08

"Ill. College Students Accused of Kidnapping, Battery With Freshly Baked Cookies" The world is a strange and disturbing place.

Why don't people in the South see UFO's?

"Because their eight legs move separately, be prepared for screams when one scuttles realistically from beneath the table."

We need a self-help book for "the experience of finding it impossible to talk about things you _have_ read"

"Maybe this will help get across the point that arbitrary, clearly "political" filters for hiring aren't exactly a new thing in academia, that there was no arcadian golden age where objective, balanced, apolitical philosopher-kings welcomed the broa

"Research indicates dogs have some ability to read minds." Emmy: I knew you were going to say that.

A fairly exhaustive history of particle physics leading up to the current Higgs boson search.