Odds and ends

[wellinghall]

Military penguin becomes a "Sir"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7562773.stm

Eight ugly watches that might tell the time
http://inventorspot.com/articles/8_ugly_watches_that_might_tell_the_time_14955

Pension accounting rules must reflect the uncertainties in the pension promise
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_77_18491_96639.html

Another busy year for archaeology on Orkney
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003043.html

ETA: Boing Boing's Christmas present guides:

for children, featuring "Baby's first mythos": Cthluhoid picture book:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/26/boing-boings-holiday.html

fiction, featuring "Futures from Nature", edited by Henry Gee
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/27/boing-boings-holiday-1.html

Comments

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Is there any particular reason why your user-icons frequently seem to change after you post the post?

[findabair.livejournal.com]

Oh! I have a soft spot Sir Nils Olav III - not only is he a penguin and cute, but he is the mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard, who are stationed in Oslo. Have to go say hi to him in the zoo next time I'm in Edinburgh :)

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Awww! A pengi with a knighthood! I must tell Wilfred and Charles (Charles the penguin, that is, not Charles the singer...)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I agree with everything said in item number 3.

Oh, and I actually own item number 5. It fits in well with my cuddly Cthulhu and my Cthulhu for President* booster kit.



* "Why settle for the lesser evil?"