Ils Sont Fous, Ces Romains

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for me to clean up my bookmarks, which means massive link dump.

Ouch! Researchers tackle Tintin's traumas:  I find this amusing because it confirms the one fact that always stuck in my head about Tintin (well, besides the horribly-dated stereotypes): Tintin always seemed to spend large parts of the stories either knocked out, or in the process of being knocked out.  (16 out of 23 stories, for a total of 50 times he went down for the count.)  It also makes me wonder what the Canadian Medical Association would have to say about Astérix and Obélix.

Coulter: Canada is "lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent":  You know, I just find it hard to get worked up about Ann Coulter anymore.  She's just such a complete and utter whack-job that I just sort of yawn and go "Oh?  Her again?"  But it does provide some workings in to how her mind works.  Why does she hate Canadians?  Oh no, she doesn't hate Canadians, only the ones who speak French; if you speak English you're fine.  Of course, she falls victim to the fallacy of creating a false dichotomy:  speaking English isn't mutually exclusive with speaking French.  But, then, did anyone really expect her to notice that she was basing her argument around a logical fallacy?  I thought not.

BNP snub black DJ:  Normally I'd avoid linking to The Sun, but I had to post this one.  Basically, the British National Party is the far-right extremist party in the UK, usually with allegations of racisim and neo-naziism thrown around as well.  All the article needs is a photo of the stunned looks on some of the party members' faces when the DJ showed up.

Professionals at Work:  Somebody needs to explain some basic physics principles about levers to these folks.

My Pet Fat:  For the deiter who needs a little visual incentive.

And finally, as much as I hate Flash, I found this Bruce Lee mixer to be quite entertaining.