And because Christmas is coming up, here are some seasonal links:

Swedish Christmas Chemistry (yes, you read that one right; it is a Swedish page showing some of the chemistry behind the traditions. They tell you everything about the lutefisk except why.{500 bonus points to anyone who catches the allusion there}).

an excerpt from "The Physics of Christmas", a tongue-in-cheek book about how the holidays really work.

silly but clean Christmas jokes

The Gallery of Unfortunate Christmas Cards

Dylan Thomas' great Christmas poem, A Child's Christmas in Wales I have an audio recording of Thomas reading this and I just love it.