Links of Interest for December 11, 2008 12:37PM CST

There is nothing sexy about posting a bunch of links. No way to really jazz them up, but I'm going to try anyway. Posting a bunch of links is becoming popular, so I'm going to be a copycat and post a few.

Buh bye Mikey
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/11/nasas-griffin-butting-heads-with-obama/

Carter's advice to Obama: Don't gnaw on rocks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122894725018995935.html

Droughts are a comin' and I'm feelin' a powerful thirst
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/11/drought.problem/index.html

I was born a poor black child: A tragic tale of recessive genes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1093674/The-tragic-story-white-girl-born-black-tore-family-apart.html

I Chu Chuse you (new Energy Secretary has a brain and he USES it)
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4861


Who knew Greeks could out-riot the French?
http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/12/9/205526/093

They let Tina Turner her keep her Mad Max costume?
http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/824560/560/370