Monica's Journal: links for a semester's end

here are a few links i thought you might enjoy:

1. flash horses - this is some kind of sweedish choir of horses. you can click on them and they sing their different parts.

2. Duluth bridge - this bridge is just cool. the roadbed lifts up by a counterweight system when a boat wants to go through. check it out.

3. Forward Command Post - JCPenny and Toys R Us are selling this horrible toy for christmas this year. it's a base for military operations, but it's a bombed-out house, complete with broken furniture and an american flag. at first, i thought the exposed bricks were blood stains all over it. buying this $50 monstrous war toy for kids is a bad idea. As one article noted, "In terms of their approach to the world, a 5-year-old playing with a traditional doll house and a 5-year-old playing with the ruins of the Forward Command Post are at two fundamentally different starting places."

4. balloonhat.com - on a happier note, these two guys went around the world putting balloon hats on people and taking their picture. click through the first two entrance pages, and the "Permanent Gallery" is where the cute pictures are.

5. cuba - find out more about where i'm spending my january.