Struwwelpeter (WTF)

I remember reading this book when I was a small kid. Scared the bejesus out of me! Here it is in all it's web glory c/w the English translation. Let the bad dreams begin...

How bad is the European Crisis anyhow?

How bad is the European Crisis you ask? This article has eight charts that layout the issues with the ongoing European Crisis and indicate that the worst is yet to come. Brace yourself.

David Thorne has done it again!

If you're a fan of David Thorne (who can forget his sublime: "The spider and the over due account") I know you're just going to love his latest piece of genius: "Permission Slip". Enjoy!

The "Man Trance" explained

Louann Brizendine (who wrote: "The Female Brain" and, the just released, "The Male Brain") is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She explains the fundamental differences between men and women.
Here's a classic quote:

Men look at attractive women the way we look at pretty butterflies. They catch the male brain's attention for a second, but then they flit out of his mind. Five minutes later, while we're still fuming, he's deciding whether he wants ribs or chicken for dinner. He asks us, "What's wrong?" We say, "Nothing." He shrugs and turns on the TV. We smolder and fear that he'll leave us for another woman."

Amiga Commodore is baaaaaaaaaack!

Is the Amiga Commodore going to make a comeback? Who knows, but judging from their web site they can still make a sensational PC.

Scurvy

We all "know" that Captain Cook discovered the cure to Scurvy in the
late 18th Century (in fact it was discovered earlier than that but
anyhow…) so how is it that by the 19th Century the cure had been all
but forgotten? Read about this remarkable story here and be shocked by this cautionary tale.

The Real Jesus

If you're sick of all the evil, hypocritical, self serving "Christians" out there please read: "What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?".

That is all.

11,500 year temple complex in Turkey rewriting story of human evolution

A temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids is rewriting the story of human evolution. The temple was built 11,500 years ago—a staggering 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid, and more than 6,000 years before Stonehenge first took shape. The ruins are so early that they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture—the first embers of civilization. In fact, Schmidt thinks the temple itself, built after the end of the last Ice Age by hunter-gatherers, becamer that ember—the spark that launched mankind toward farming, urban life, and all that followed. Read the rest of the Newsweek article here.