Er, yikes. Moving swiftly on...

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YES, this is so true.

Overview and chronology are things we are so bad at, in tons of areas. Continually frustrates me. If I'm teaching someone something I won't begin until I've given them an overview - it's natural. Rooting something in its proper time and place is crucial. "Nepal is the world's only officially Hindu kingdom" is very different from "Nepal was the world's only officially Hindu kingdom until it was declared a secular state in 2006″.

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Good for Denmark.

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Harry Potter actually made it into our, Religion's, news pages thanks to this wacky tale. Yes, I was perfectly sensibly ignoring all Potternews, but then some religious folks had to get their say in.

My bus journeys to and from work this week have been taken up by rereading Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. This, possibly aided by my general exhaustion from the early morning and late evenings necessary to get into work on time, has resulted in me reading the nutter below and finding myself thinking of her as a Death Eater. (Whereas I never needed any help spotting the rather obvious parallels between a certain government and a certain Ministry. I esteem Rowling for putting them in, though. Now if only this country had a Dumbledore.)

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Gecko glue exploits mussel power

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Computers crack famous board game

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Nutter.

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This is what we really want to hear about on a Friday - a dog with a prosthetic hand. The video clip is great.

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The dinos grew up with their own 'neanderthals'. Find this oddly cheering...

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OH FOR PETE'S SAKE. "Half of us are crackpots and think these books will summon the devil. But we're the sensible half; we're cashing in instead."

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edit, 15:48

One can tell when it's Friday on the BBC. Stories like this show up.

The 'big picture' spot is occupied by a kissing cockatoo...

...not forgetting monkeys.

Oh, and everyone is obsessed with the weather over the weekend.

I really updated to link "Must the US president believe in God?", which I think would be better phrased as "Should any person who hears voices and talks to invisible magic friends be allowed to become president?".