Friday, March 15, 2013

Miss Cellania's Links

13 Reminders That Big Cats Are Basically House Cats. Large, adorable house cats that can rip you to shreds in an instant.

Freda Kelly became the Beatles' secretary when she was only 17, a job she kept for almost ten years. After decades of silence, she is now talking about her amazing experiences.

Brilliant Spoofs of the Classic Fantasy Novel Map. These are funny even if you aren't all that familiar with the subject they parody.

Japan's educators and politicians quarrel about what students should learn about World War II so much that most students end up learning very little at all. As adults, they don't understand why the rest of Asia knows so much.

Nick Bertke (Pogo) has been banned from the U.S. for ten years.

Can We Please Stop Drawing Trees on Top of Skyscrapers? Because it's not going to happen.

The news was bad. "Tomorrow, I'm going to give you a Perfect Day," he said quietly to Duke as they left the vet's office. (via Metafilter)

Nigel Ackland has the new Terminator-style Bebionic3 prosthetic hand. He shows us what it can do -including things human hands cannot do.

The Adventures of St. Patrick. Brush up on the real roots of the feast day before you spend all weekend celebrating.

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