Jet Power Do you remember the Sinclair C5? You know, the C5 -- that sedate, low-slung vehicle that travels at the speed of sound and blasts the driver's ears out.

But I'm not well (Flash video thing.)

Thunderbird? An elaborate hoax, or a cryptozoologist's dream? Eiter way, the analysis is an interesting read, especially when Darwin is brought into it.

Jiggaboo Jones (NSFW-language in most of these links.) Cheating at dice, cheating at cards, mugging, and hotwiring. Jiggaboo Jones is an urban legend.

Sale of the century! Goatse.cx is for sale. The bidding is lively. more inside

Roy Zimmerman YouTubey, satirical-singing goodness, including Dick Cheney, Ted Haggard is Completely Intellectual, and Jerry Falwell's God.

No Statue for You Samantha won't show Serbia her boobs, so now they won't raise a statue in her honour.

If We Taught English the Way We Teach Mathematics... Excuse me, but I think that foreign-language teaching often takes the form described. more inside

I have sex with cars "Chris believes one spark for his fetish was 1980s cult TV series Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhof[sic] and featuring a talking car." more inside

Advanced Alien Technology Can Save the World So says Paul Hellyer, a Canadian, former minister of defense.

A Designer Grand Piano (YouTube) Looks great; sounds tinny. more inside

Court Martial Is 1st Lt. Ehren Watada standing up for what is right, or is he a Quisling? The court martial refuses to consider the first question, and hopes to convict him for treachery. more inside

World War Three Has Begun But the world ignores it, focussing instead on single episodes.

Eiffel Tower made of matches. (Found on the always... eh... interesting http://englishrussia.com/.)

Book List more inside

The Ross Ice Shelf is in danger of collapsing. This particular piece of ice covers an area the size of France. Its collapse will cause a rise in sea-levels of between 5m and 17m.

Swearing on the Koran undermines American civilisation. more inside

The police appear to have trouble finding recruits who have interests other than beating the shit out of anything that moves. more inside

Henry Darger He's been mentioned in comments, but we have never really talked about this sad proponent of outsider art. more inside

The power of the sun in our hands Could it be that we are on to an endless source of cheap electrical power? Should Google invest? Will the US government take it's collective dick out of the oil industry's arse? more inside