From my Odd Link Gal:
Trouble concentrating in your open space office? Try The Office Collar. A father in Muncie, Indiana was tired of cars that didn’t stop at the stop signs at the intersection outside his house, so he asked the city to make a crosswalk. The city refused, so he painted his own, and got arrested for criminal mischief. Link Scientists have successfully grown a human jawbone in a man’s abdomen and the implanted it in his face. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this photo of a Martian happy face on January 28th. Scientific American article on the psychology and neuroscience of kissing. Custom hood ornaments. In case you men don’t feel useless enough, scientists have created sperm from the bone marrow of a woman. Interactive map of global arms transactions between 1950 and 2006. Link Film called The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman recreates the old TV series, starring little kids: Part I: YouTube Link (9 min 47 sec) Part II: YouTube Link (7 min 15 sec) Part III: YouTube Link (8 min 45 sec) UK farmer built himself a castle, hiding the construction behind hay bales. Fishtank habitrail. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii, there is a floating heap of debris twice the size of Texas. Link Scan of Just Between Us, the definitive 1950′s booklet for girls about menstration. Link Photoalbums of Nazi Soldiers. Excellent photo series of elderly retired boxers. MSN Money has a table showing the cost of raising a child to the age of 18, based on a survey by the US government from 1990-92 (in 2001 dollars). Link Ariel photos of communities surrounded by a wall, road, or waterway shaped like a star. Link