The world was up-ended, and other grab bag stuff

1. Watching ESPN Sportscenter a few nights ago, the Top 10 actually featured both a cricket highlight and a rugby highlight. Had they also featured a curling highlight, I would have called in to work sick the next day due to the impending Rapture. Fortunately it was too early in the season for curling.

2. Abbie Cornish. This is a safe link. She's an up-and-coming starlet.

Abbie Cornish quietly makes a name for herself (article)

2a. http://www.brightstar-movie.com/ (has audio)

3. Green problems give Democrats the blues (I'll comment on this later)

4. Things in the ground, Part I:

Feathered fossils prove birds evolved from dinosaurs, say Chinese scientists


Great images of the fossils in this article.


5. Things in the ground, Part II.

In pictures: Britain Anglo-Saxon Treasure Find

6. Suzanne Celensu brings new meaning to green. (Safe, but enjoyable.) More on this later, too.