Weekly Links

I'm sorry; I completely flaked on this week's post. To make up for it, I have TWO extra "Links" posts coming up later today -- an Olympic edition and one that is NSFW and hilarious.

CNN is reporting that there is now evidence of Bigfoot. A 7-foot-high hairy body was brought back from a camping trip and is now waiting analysis from professionals including a molecular biologist, paleontologist, and anthropologist. I don't think if I believe it but I'll definitely be interested to see what the studies discover.

The winner of the "worst writing contest" has been announced. San Jose State University's 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest invites entrants to compose an opening sentence to a nonexistent novel. The contest was named for Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, whose 1830 novel Paul Clifford, famously began "It was a dark and stormy night..."

Ever wonder where phrases like "it's raining cats and dogs" or "caught red-handed" came from? Well, check out this very informative collection on the origins of familar phrases from Neatorama.

Mental Floss presented the 10 Most Expensive Hotel Rooms, for your vicarious pleasure. I couldn't help noticing that most of the "rooms" were really suites and some featured multiple bedrooms. Nearly all, however, do feature a residential butler.

Cinderella, Tinkerbell, and Snow White have been arrested... or rather, the employees protraying them at Disneyland have been taken into custody after their protest against the new health care options.

CNN and Real Simple teamed up to bring you "How to think faster, better on your feet," which emphasizes the power of improvisation.

CNN also brought this heart-warming story of a loyal dog who watched over his owner's body for weeks after his death.

Geek links: Stepcase Lifehack gathered up 30+ Free Security, Encryption, Firewall and Antivirus Apps for Windows.