Chickens, Bugs, Other Things

This weekend we watched a couple of very entertaining documentaries -- The Natural History of the Chicken, which, rather than being historical in the way that the book Cod: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World was, just kind of profiled a variety of chicken enthusiasts; and Microcosmos, which was an extremely beautiful and well-photographed look at the teeny-tiny world of bugs.

A few other things:

• Of course, I have to make sure I grab a copy of Harper's Bazaar this month. I wonder if they allowed any sculptors into the photo shoot.
• Now that I am dial-up-free, I am enjoying things like this Kill Bill/Super Mario Bros. mash-up on YouTube.
• A while ago, I saw a very interesting documentary called The Devil's Playground about sex, drugs, and rock & roll as practiced by Amish teenagers during a traditional time they participate in called Rumspringa. What I had not realized is that a new book on that same topic was written by the father of Noah Shachtman of the blogrolled Defence Tech.
• Here's a cool blog, Posterwire, all about movie posters.
• Majikthise points to those states that do not have an official state fossil. Interesting to note that Kansas is among them.