- German: Ernsthaft: Erklärungen zur Finanzkrise: Häufig gestellte Fragen bei zoon politikon
- German: Weniger ernsthaft: Die Finanzkrise und die Astrologie
- German: Überhaupt nicht ernsthaft: Die Wahrheit über Teilchenbeschleuniger in der Stupidedia (via zottels Kommentar, dem 558. bei “Kein Weltuntergang”…)
- Album covers built in Lego (flickr pool) (via Dravens Tales)
- From the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”: How the discussion about string theory or loop quantum gravity can affect relationships… (via Mathlog):
Links and Video of the Week (2008/40)
- Phantastic photos from the Baikonur space center (via Bad Astronomy).
- German: Wozu eigentlich das Higgs-Teilchen? – eine gut verständliche Erklärung.
- Cartoon: What the Mythbusters could say about the existence of god (via Friendly Atheist).
- And Homer Simpson wants to vote for Barack Obama, but the computer’s got a different opinion… (via Captain Obvious):
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Extraterrestrial Greetings to Uri!
The following message was received by my hyper-highly sensitive cimddologically enhanced sensors on twisted routes through as yet unresearched space-time loops – hence I could not determine its exact origin in space and time yet.
To: Uri Geller and his soul mates
From: Your friends from the planet ...1
Subject: Heeelloooo!
Dearest Friends,
We were really really excited about your message, since we really couldn’t imagine that there were still sooo many wacked out dreamers that believe in us. That’s totally cool! It causes huge POSITIVE VIBRATIONS!
Specially for you, our greatest fans, we immediately set out holistically to fly to you. Unfortunately, due to subtle space-time turbulences in hyperspace, we can’t tell exactly when we will arrive, but with the support of the GREAT ORIGINAL GODDESS we will surely make it before the next after the next end of your world.
A ginormous load of UNIVERSAL ENERGY is waiting right for you... but, well, we have to talk a bit first, you see?
Dearest Uri,
please stop bending spoons all the time, that also bends space-time in the whole multiverse! We don’t like that that much, you know? Even simple stellarnet mails like this can be lost in time, and not even the MASTERS of the Universal Hierarchy can help then, and this makes them all sad.
Dearest Nina,
do you know that your styling is the latest fashion here on our planet now?!? Oh, and it was megagreat how you scared away that “sensible scientist” (pah!) – toootally celestial!2 Can you also give us some of your enormous LIGHT ENERGY? The colleagues from your last meeting were enthused about its mind-expanding effect!
Dearest Erich,
great how you made the journey to your own TRUTH and still can feed on it after so many years! But awww, it’s a pity that all your UFO evidence are mean counterfeits from the DEVIL. :( Pray to the LADY that She helps you find the right way again, then the ANGELS will bring you the *real* evidence that you are longing for so much.
Dearest Vincent,
oh come on, set the ravens free. It’s bad for the karma to use the creatures of Mother Nature, the All-Power, the GODDESS for one’s own purposes – and besides, all other ravens have to work overtime to guide all those souls to the KINGDOM OF THE DEAD. So please, set them free if you love them, will youuuu?
Okily-dokily, don’t be upset, hm? Hope to see you all soon!
Spiritual greetings with lots of violet love,
Your extraterrestrial friends
As Wunschliste.de reports (German), among others, ProSieben plans a show on November 15 called (translated) “Uri Geller live – Ufos & Aliens: The incredible TV experiment”, in which he wants to send messages with a radio telescope. Talk guests in the studio: “The Next Uri Geller” winner and raven daddy Vincent Raven, the ancient astronauts dreamer Erich von Däniken and “singer” and mysticism eccentric Nina Hagen. 
See also:
» Proof and faith issues and the strange thoughts of Uri Geller;
» TV show preview.
Links and Video of the Week (2008/39)
Everything’s German today – except the video, and that’s worth watching!
- Zur Landtagswahl in Bayern: Eine (etwas andere) kleine Charaktisierung der bayerischen Parteien vor der Wahl.
(via StoiBär) - Und der StoiBär bittet auch darum, die Mail-Adresse info@bulk-mail.org eines Spam-Anbieters nirgends zu verwenden: “Nur so kann gewährleistet werden, dass diese Firma ungehindert ihrem Geschäft nachgehen kann.”
- Frau Buchstaeblichs Begründung, warum das Hamlet-Zitat „There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy“ entgegen den Annahmen von Esoterikern doch kein gutes Argument für deren Kram ist – und das Video dazu:
Der Shakespeare-Sketch von Hugh Laurie und Rowan Atkinson:
Nicht vergessen: info@bulk-mail.org nicht veröffentlichen! 
Pretty ugly
Konna started a “defacement contest” “Turn pretty into ugly” (German) in which you take a (portrait) photo – one that you are allowed to use – and deface the person a little…
For this I picked an almost three decades old photo of myself, and the result is something I hope that doesn’t look too funny to still be ugly:
(click for large view)
Wondering what pretty ugly photos the others will deliver… all contestants can be seen on the Konna’s contest page.