Links lying around, Lasusa Links, Dan Grobstein File

Daniel Dern has two new blogs: Trying Technology -- "a blog about the technologies I'm trying, and how trying technologies can be" and Dern Near Everything Else.

Links from Tom Lasusa: (many of which might well be more interesting before Christmas rather than after…)
Dreamin' of a White Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooc5eJc5SHA

A 'Holiday Classic' -- Hey Ya! Charlie Brown http://youtube.com/watch?v=KGnYw-OuCnI
That's not Santa...Could be Papa Smurf http://gizmodo.com/336255/man-using-infomercial-miracle-gadget-turns-into-papa-smurf
SantaCON in NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKk_sXMvTNc
How to properly photograph Christmas Lights http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/19/photographing-christmas-lights/
A Christmas Story -- told in 30 Seconds by Bunnies http://www.angryalien.com/aa/xmas_storybuns.asp
The Yule Log -- a classic TV tradition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Log_%28TV_program%29
Norad Tracks Santa http://www.noradsanta.org/
Vaya Con Dios: 1 of 3 remaining WWI vets dies at 109 http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=7528767
8 Fairy Tales And Their Not-So-Happy Endings http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10457/?=rss
'Danger: Avoid Death' (points at cached version of story)
Seriously...the Hula Burger??? http://www.doubleviking.com/bullet-points-the-10-biggest-missteps-in-fast-food-7299-p.html
Some People Can Hear A Color Or Smell A Sound http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/92698.php
Is it time for Bacon? Use this handy flowchart. http://www.beerorkid.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/bacon-_flowchart.jpg
A-Holes of the Week: Woman Denied Care by 30 Hospitals; Dies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_re_as/japan_ambulance_death
Student wins lottery, leaves school http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2740373220071227?feedType=RSS&feed
From the Rankin Bass Classic "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" -- Father Time's Song http://youtube.com/watch?v=nwYPdCfu0pM
The Screening Room's Top 10 Life-Affirming Movie Moments http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/12/20/top10.lifeaffirming/index.html
Mexico's pop stars are being killed by drug cartel bosses http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/26/mexicos-pop-stars-ar.html
Kid's attempt to scare sis doesn't go too well http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/fat_kid_fails_trying_to_scare_his_sister?id=17WwANsSWa0 (and yes, we're not laughing with him...we're laughing at him)
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• Don Davis was amused by this Christmas Song.Not exactly Bing singing White Christmas…
• Robert Malchman spotted this: The 91st-richest man in the United States, a roofing company billionaire, has died after falling through his home garage's roof, local authorities said Friday.

Dan Grobstein File

• · Credit where Credit is due
• · Who draws those head shots in the Wall Street Journal?
• · WASHINGTON   | December 27, 2007
  U.S. Ruling Backs Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans
  By ROBERT PEAR
  A new regulation lets employers establish two classes of retirees, with more benefits for those under 65 and fewer, or none at all, for those older. [Actually it will help them stop providing coverage. Another reason we need universal healthcare with automatic enrollment. ]
• · I Know Myself Well
  I just realized that Google Reader has a "recommendations" function whereby Google makes suggests of new feeds "generated by comparing your interests with the feeds of users similar to you." Their number one recommendation is . . . my blog. Basically, I have the reading habits typical of someone who would read my blog. Which makes sense, of course, but still seems a bit odd.
• · Did the Polynesians bring chickens to South America before the conquistadors got there?
• · Interesting explanation of  Dubya's pocket veto of the defense appropriations bill
• · MAGAZINE   | December 30, 2007
  Steven Gilliard Jr. | b. 1964:  Invisible Blogger
  By MATT BAI
  A shy kid from Harlem but a firebrand online.
• · MAGAZINE   | December 30, 2007
  Lives: David Halberstam | B. 1934:  The Combatant
  By NEIL SHEEHAN
  An uncompromising approach, and not just to reporting in Vietnam.
   
• · Obama, Politics and Economics, pointed at by Paul Krugman, who approves this message.