Websites that amuse me… [Summer’s sweltering heat edition]

It's in the 90's this week and the heat index is consistently over 100. Today's supposed to be the hottest day with temperatures approaching 100 and the heat index shooting for 110. So it's a bit rough outside and I'm not looking forward to the electricity bill.
This particular list started earlier in the summer but has been languishing on the sidelines for awhile. There’s not an overall theme or continuity, and I apologize if any of these are rather dated.

Sports & Health

· The power of the placebo effect

· What is the single best exercise?

·  Solo speed climb of a mountain face – crazy

· Manuel de los Santos – playing golf on one leg

· Squatting and weightlifting with only one arm and one leg

Music

· Our boys have some catching up to do – Kindergarten guitar group

 

· Library of congress now has an online player for their massive collection – National Jukebox

 

· A history of Christian rock

 

Parenthood/schooling

·  Why there is blood on my carpet – pretty funny moment of parenthood

 

· The failure of American Schools – interesting article by Joel Klein who spent 8 years as the chancellor of New York City’s school system

Miscellaneous

 

· What Stephen Hawking doesn’t understand about heaven – an NT Wright editorial piece

 

· VW Torture course

 

· Angry Birds – the movie

· Dams that people made to protect their houses from the Mississippi River flooding

·  Did you know that jellyfish have eyes?

o This article led me to look up the largest jellyfish types - Lion’s Mane Jelly fish

 

o And some details on the deadliest of jellyfish, the sea wasp – pantyhose is the trick,
according to the NYT article.

· Awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.com – actually some are awesome, some are just famous