Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html

Ten Ways Space Travel Isn’t Like Television or the Movies
http://www.satelliteinternet.com/news/ten-ways-space-travel-isnt-like-television-or-the-movies/

The Funniest Reasons Customers Reject Books
http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/210048821.html
“I don’t do books about elephants set during the Depression.”
If you look in the comments, you’ll also find this gem:
“You know books that expand your mind, make you want to think, make you question the nature of humanity and wonder why and how we do the things we do? Yeah, I hate that s**t. Gimme something with dinosaurs or a war.”

Hospital study shows full moons werewolf effect
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hospital-study-shows-full-moons-werewolf-effect-20091213-kpwl.html

Che: the graphic biography
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/10/che-the-graphic-biog.html

A Day in the Internet

http://www.onlineeducation.net/internet/

Monkey calls give clues to language origins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8405806.stm

The Language of Avatar (Creating an Alien Language)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8408245.stm

The Link Between the Transgender Community & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
http://andy-social.blogspot.com/2009/12/huff.html

50 Beautiful Watercolor Paintings
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/09/50-beautiful-watercolor-paintings/

20 Best SF Books of the Decade
http://io9.com/5423847/20-best-science-fiction-books-of-the-decade

Japanese ladies long for date with brutal men of history
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6954029.ece

The Longest Way: Walking Across China
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1945171_1945161,00.html

Deadline: Stop Motion

The Lego Matrix

A fun music video.

Sweden woman’s ‘murder’ committed by elk not husband
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8384143.stm

Man in Japan weds anime game character
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/footage-from-the-fir.html

Why Don’t Vampires Act Like Old People?
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/23/the-virtues-of-vampires/

Abstinence-only rappers sing about the “Christian Side Hug”
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/25/abstinence-only-rapp.html

Where No Travel Writer Has Gone Before
http://www.worldhum.com/print/item/features/star-trek-where-no-travel-writer-has-gone-before-20091103/

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_darwin

Shatnerquake: bizarro novel about every Shatner character sucked into reality to hunt down William Shatner
http://boingboing.net/2009/04/30/shatnerquake-bizarro.html

Every backpacker conversation, ever
http://blogs.theage.com.au/travel/archives/2009/11/every_backpacker_conversation_ever.html

What Earth Would Look Like With Rings Like Saturn