Objection Overruled Linky

Approach the bench.

Via delightful Chinashop: actors given a character + situation, told to communicate it in a still photo – quite fascinating and lots of fun, but it wore me out! (Vanity Fair)

Parents should not miss the opportunity to give their children a good start in life by simulating a casino environment at home

The Octothorpe.

Famous Dead Mormons. Salt Lake City holds the most comprehensive genealogical database anywhere, I believe. So all your ancestors probably are Mormons too.

Iron Men: Taiwan, China

Angel does stuff

The Wire as Dickensian fiction. (Tried to linky this back when it was new and hot but the widespread interest killed it. Now it is live again and well worth seeing if you didn’t catch it first time ’round!)

Natalie – birth to 10 years old in one minute

Scandalous 1970s teen magazine Star, in its entirety online

And finally… a 1990 video promo for cyber-Tolkien RPG Shadowrun. As the kids say, lolwut