129 - with Links!

1. Auspicious Beginnings This kid is getting an early start on his career as whatever the opposite of "escape artist" is. Before you assume this is a rare occurrence, take a look at this and this.

2. Plain Brown Popper Since a movie theater food poisoning incident, I've been avoiding popcorn. Alton Brown's simple method for chemical free microwave popping makes me consider eating it again.

3. Six Words Wired magazine challenged a group of writers (from Darren Aronofsky to Howard Waldrop) to create epic stories using only a half dozen words.

4. Loose Wheel The British are so polite that even their race car tires are well behaved.

5. 1000 Words I think I'll just let this picture stand on its own. This is the one link to look at today.