Random linky stuff

[drwex]

for coraline: Neil Gaiman offers his pronunciation guide and history of his use of the name at http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2006/04/bits-and-bobs.html

for feste_sylvain and others who share my belief that Jay Ward was a brilliant man, Emma Bull is selling her old (1960 vintage) Rocky & Bullwinkle mug on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6272173354&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
(If she autographed it, I'd be more willing to pay the $30 current bid.)

for all my mechanically inclined friends, and those of you who remember Discwave: it's important to remember that "off" is a relevant concept, too:
http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=10491