Solar Eclipse from a Plane

Ode to Beaker

Catchy song, clever video.

Elite

e·lite (noun) - representing the most choice or select; best

Doesn’t elite mean good? Is that not something we’re looking for in a president anymore? . . . Not only do I want an elite president, but I want somebody who is embarrassingly superior to me.

Why is the only sensible political commentary these days on Comedy Central?

Fresh

Incredible! from kwest on Vimeo.

via Kottke

Dick to the Dawk

Fantastic. If you’re not familiar with the characters, they’re Richard Dawkins, PZ Meyers, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Eugenie C. Scott.

Charlton Heston (1924-2008)

I’d really like to see Heston’s rifle go up on eBay.

From the YouTube comments:
Proving once again that the Eagles ruin everything.

Nader running again

Ralph Nader is running for president again

Anonymous has a few choice words for Mr Nader.

(cross posted to Turning Texas Blue)

The Front Fell Off!

Bug links

The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World is an amusing round up of some scary-ass bugs:

They embed one video of a botfly being removed, but I remembered seeing this one, which gives a much better view of the removal process. They also somehow missed the grandaddy of all botfly stories. Needless to say, neither of those links are for the squeamish.