If it’s Thursday, it must be random-links-from-the-Series-of-Tubes day.
Out of work? Don’t feel sufficiently mentally inferior? Stephen Hawking needs an assistant. Boing Boing
When the world starts spinning too frantically (from stress, not your three-martini lunch), take a moment to listen to the lovely and versatile song of the lyrebird. Athanasius Kircher
This joke not only writes itself but laughs at it for you to boot. And it involves an alliance between Clay Aiken and George Bush. What more do you need to know? Rock and Roll Daily
If this screeching weatherman doesn’t make you laugh out loud, your soul is made of stone. Or perhaps you should look into that three-martini lunch. Gawker