links for 2006-12-23

Vintage Christmas images and photos.

A report released by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crop

Your Guide to Airplane Seats and In-flight Amenities

50,000 copies of An Inconvenient Truth to give away to teachers in the United States.

The US is insolvent. There is simply no way for our national bills to be paid under current levels of taxation and promised benefits. Our federal deficits alone now total more than 400% of GDP.

This map illustrates the ‘Totem Foods’ of North America, celebrating ”the many distinctive regional food traditions on the North American continent by featuring a totem food key to the identity of each region.

Michael Crowley wrote a story hitting novelist Michael Crichton’s denials that global warming was a proved phenomenon. Crichton responds by writing Crowley into a novel as a pedophile.

Bears have stopped hibernating in the mountains of northern Spain, scientists revealed yesterday, in what may be one of the strongest signals yet of how much climate change is affecting the natural world.

The best part is that the have a list of “most overrated” books. Good to know.

I’m very guilty. Hanging head in shame.

Stores profit millions on unused cards. – Personally, I’ve NEVER left a giftcard go unspent. I usually use it in the first couple of weeks after I get it.

Every week, a group of illustrators pick a fictional character and do their own version of a drawing of him/her. Interesting to compare artistic styles of well-known icons.

News stories that didn’t get widespread coverage in the last year. I actually did blog about #3, though very few others did.