bettiwettiwoo's Journal: 5 ... Friday Links

1. Ironic Sans looks at various terrorism organization logos: stars are very popular, but guns are the numero uno symbol used (so much so that they have been divided into two subgroups: One Gun and Two Guns, Crossed). Writes Ironic Sans: 'While I hate to give terrorists any more attention, I still think it's interesting to see the various approaches they took in their logos, and wonder what considerations went into designing them. Does the logo successfully convey the organization's message? Is it confusingly similar to another group's logo?' Considering the plethora of guns, I would answer those questions yes and yes.
2. Kyle Smith reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: '"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the 59th film in the popular series, brought me straight back to one of the most enduring of childhood feelings: boredom.'
3. New York Magazine recommends the 'time waster of the day': Makibishi's 'promotional online cartoon game'. (Attention! Addictive! Addictive! Addictive! You have been warned.)
4. Australian actress Toni Collette is pregnant, but can still count. Sort of. 'In February Collette said she was looking forward to motherhood and had become aware that her body clock was ticking. "I'm 35 this year, which is almost 40, which is almost 50," she said ... '
5. It seems like an eternity since I posted about the egg song last, but you can't keep a good thing down: apparently it's just as interesting these days.

Eggs.

[Talinom]

That is just wrong. Cute, but very very wrong.

Try the bananaphone [albinoblacksheep.com] instead! And if you don't like that you can listen to some badger [weebls-stuff.com] music.