Fool Your Eyes A collection of (mostly) interesting optical illusions. Cue theremin!

Dear Kind Sir, I am writing to you from Nigeria You know those emails asking for help to free millions of dollars that you avoid cuz yer smart? This guy wasn't. Oh, and impeach Bush. The fucker.

Curious, George: Charity So the wife and I are looking to choose a charity or charities to donate some dough, given our recent success, and I want your recommendations of worthy organizations. I have only a few constraints: more inside

Ice Worms. 'Kind of hot right now.'

Chocolate milk. The new sports drink. I told ya!

Force Skeptics - 'Ladies and Gentlemen, you have been bamboozled. The Force is a fiction that exists only in the minds of deluded Jedi practitioners. The so-called "Jedi Powers" are nothing more than cheap stage-magic tricks that anyone can learn and which violate no known laws of physics. The Masters of the Jedi Order are charlatans, preying upon your gullibility and demanding your blind respect in return.' Seen @ Spiflicated Bivalves

"No One Anticipated the Breech of the Levees" WASHINGTON (AP) -- In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage. more inside

Ah-ooga, it's MoFiLA meetup? Ooga_booga is coming to LA this weekend, and will be here Saturday and Sunday. Is anyone up for a Saturday evening dinner/drinky thing or a Sunday brunch? more inside

Today in Science History. Short paragraphs (most with links) chronicling the day in science. more inside