The Wikipedia has a nice concise look at depleted uranium. As you might suspect, it is depleted of its radiation (it’s a waste product of the process of harvesting the radioactive part). It is, however, chemically toxic, like lead. And lead is really really not good for you, and is even worse for small growing persons.

Linked through Gone and Forgotten, take a look at this archive of German Propaganda, in translation. The reason for the link is this Nazi debunking of Superman.

Someone called today to ask if we have tax forms (yes) and would we have a certain obscure form (no, but we can print one out from the IRS web site). Could we do this over the phone? (Um, what?)

Technorati has a quick blog link rating thingie– essentially lets you see what lots of people have linked to in the past two hours.

My favorite cartoonist and my favorite sex educator combine forces to make some sexy sex-ed for grownups! Read at your own risk!

In the staff room right now is one of the armchairs, with a piece of red tape across the arms bearing a sign that reads “SMELLS LIKE BEER.” I love my job.

Close-up magicians are super cool, but the freaks get the chicks. A great article about some guys who can do some cool stuff.

A UK library that’s doing many of the things that US libraries are already doing to meet “customer” needs is calling itself an Idea Store, and the librarians are “Ideas Supervisors.” I guess it’s good to move away from the image of “jerk who makes you pay fines” but I’d rather be the jerk who helps you find stuff instead of having to supervise any damn ideas. I also notice that they have a “cheery” security guard to tell the kids to stop making fart noises. I wonder if parents listen to them more than they do me.

A first-person account of the flu-like scary sickness (currently nicknamed SARS). The CDC is keeping us posted.

Grauniad cricket journo goes goofy, public reaction mixed. It’s a much accelerated version of that column about balancing work and life, I think.

I was unable to find a more pertinent link for the Betty Crocker recipe cards mentioned earlier. Some may take this to mean that there is a niche open for my collection on the web. Others may point out that Betty Crocker is owned by General Mills and they may not be happy about even a research-oriented web display of their wares. Moral: I am a chicken.