Toward Daniel Island and weekend reading links 3 December 2010

Above is a bit of an action shot: the camera is pointing approximately south-east while going over the Mark Clark Expressway (I526) from North Charleston, South Carolina onto Daniel Island.

And speaking of action, we’ve really had it this week, no? Wikileaks, TSA, Gwyneth Paltrow — we overfloweth with reading links this week. So, here they are — enjoy!

• A sane call to close the Washington Monument
  • [ WATCH ] Cute owl hunts invisible prey
    • Gwyneth Paltrow — a warning to all against following fad diets
      • A biochemist takes a look at the safety of the TSA X-ray backscatter body scanner — “hide your kids, hide your wife”
        • [ WATCH ] Two cats playing patty-cake and you can even hear their thoughts!
          • [ WATCH ] Movie trailer for The 4-Hour Body, by Tim Ferris
            • Wikileaks: a symptom of lax US security policy?
              • Medical doctors and drug reps: should you, the patient, be worried?