(Epic Link Post+Special Bonus!)

Exciting news!  Teh internets is back at my disposal, and I have lots of great links to share.  I haven’t taken the time to get especially upset at anything lately, so you’ll just have to be satisfied with the links–I’ll get around to writing a real post soon.  Promise.

Here’s some weird new capitalist slavery.  Or indentured servitude.  Either way you cut it, I can’t like it.

Lana B tipped me off to this project:  1000 Journals.

What could be better than one Great Pacific Garbage Patch?  How about at least four more?

A slide show of the world’s most influential designers.  It’s a six on the interesting scale.

Musical Terrorism.

This is what I call transparency in American education.

“Being John Malkovich.”  Updated.

A blog devoted to the ampersand?  How much more geeky can I get?  How about another blog devoted to the ampersand?  That’s more like it.

Pictures of astronauts.  Sad?  Clownish?  Poignant?  It’s hard to say.  The post itself is in French.

I’ll end there, mainly because I really just wanted to post this video.

Note:  In no way am I comparing anyone’s prospective bride to Miss Piggy.  I just like the song.