El Caminito del Rey

This video made me tense just watching it. El Caminito del Rey, in Malaga, Spain, was built in 1901 to give workers a pathway between Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls. It has now fallen into a state of such disrepair that it has become a dare for adventurous people like this guy in the video. I'm amazed at how many insane people he actually passed in this video. The world is apparently full of potential Darwin Award recipients.

Crazy Runners

HERE is a great blog entry from Neatorama featuring five races of a different kind, two of which are hosted in Iowa, and one of which I'm fairly certain Sheyl's done before. I think my favorite is the Doughnut Run 5k.

Graduate science degrees at risk

Graduate science degrees are at risk of being degraded as Texas contemplates granting accreditation to the Institute for Creation Research in order that it may offer online master's degrees in science education. Read about it in this week's Nature.

Veggie-tunes nut - he's not alone! There's an entire Vegetable Orchestra

The beginning part was interesting - watching them make the instruments. But after (ok, maybe during) their first "song" they mostly just played sounds that must be up there in the ranks of the world's most annoying noises, so save yourself the frustration (and increase in blood pressure) and just stop watching when you start to get irritated, it doesn't get any better, trust me.

Veggie-tunes

This guy (the nut that he may be) shows the versatility of vegetables. So, kids, when you come across a veggie that you don't want to actually eat, follow this guy's example and make music with it... or feed it to the dog, whatever works for you.