Spaceweather PHONE is an astronomy alert service from the creators of Spaceweather.com. When auroras appear over your hometown, your phone will ring. When the space station is about to fly over your back yard, your phone will ring. When planets align ... you get the idea. Costs money. But could be useful.

Curious George: My grandfather, who hates most everything, turns 80 this week and I have no idea what to get him. more inside

Daily Jigsaw I have no idea how many of you already know about this, but the puzzles are decent, and you can adjust the difficulty level. They amuse me, thought I'd share.

Jei Atacama, Healer, and Doctor of Oriental Medicine brings you Atacama Healing Water! That's right, for a mere US $64, you too can imbibe 16 ounces of water that has been spiritually empowered. more inside

WockyJivvy encourages attempts to get truly bad poetry published in anthologies. An excerpt from one selected as a finalist for publication in the National Library of Poetry: "My cat is chewing on her butt;/It makes me think she is a nut./I try to drown the fleas in spray;/They jump and shout and just yell "Hey!"

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) , adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. more inside

Happy Birthday Blue! As mentioned here, here, here, here, sort of here, kinda here, here, here, more inside

This guy reckons the 'gas model' of the Sun is wrong and that it has a 'hard and rigid ferrite surface' below the photosphere. Whaaaaaaat??

Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de Gloire est arrivé. Words, sheet music, history of La Marseillaise. more inside

Biting the hand that feeds you. Not for the faint of heart.

A pictorial survey of uniforms worn by British schoolboys over the years

Zoroastrians in Iran A BBC pictorial around the Zoroastrian community of Iran.

The Treasures of the Library at NOAA The Treasures of the Library album and collection has been developed to share images from rare and unusual books that reside within the NOAA Central Library. more inside

Abused children of Angola - Exorcisms carried out to rid children of Kindoki. A BBC report, sparked by a recent case in London. more inside