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Around the web 2/8/06

Psycho Toddler fantasizes about his wife and another woman.

Jack's Shack recalls Arthur Conan Doyle's the Lost World in real life. (I still don't understand why the story is datelined Oslo.)

One of the reasons I'm skeptical of claims of global warming is because I remember claims that we were headed for a new ice age back when I was in college. Brain Terminal found a report of a scientist who expects cooling to take place in the coming years. And check out his deja vu link.

Maryland's Weather Blog has a link to the latest Hubble pictures. As always wonderful to look at. And scroll down for other weather related info.

Not Quite Perfect is experimenting with another graphics program and has produced a Circular Butterfly and other incredible, stunning images.

I don't know how she hasa time to post as frequently (and productively!) as she does but Boker Tov Boulder is filled with great stuff. I don't get the picture in this post. It says tha the young man is spraying benzene on a Danish flag. But the spray appears to be coming from his mouth! Did he drink up some benzene and spit it out? Doesn't seem too healthy to me.

Kesher Talk and Daled Amos question the timing of the protests against the Danish cartoons - five months after they originally appeared. Each provides credible reasons. But either way, it hardly seems that these protests were spontaneous. (Kesher Talk draws a comparison to the "Aqsa intifada" where Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount was used to excuse pre-planned rioting and violence.)

Good teacher that he is Colossus of Rhodey.Hube has an answer for the Iranian test about Western commitment to free speech.