"I can't feel my face."

The following video appears to be a preview for the upcoming season for the Amazing Race. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, put your doubts aside, and hit play. I doubt you'll be disappointed.

I'm assuming the editors may have take inspiration from Oliver Stone's JFK for the way they Zaprudered the footage of this. Bravo.

Links of Interest 8/19

I am intrigued by the Slow Food Movement.

Oliver Stone and his new series, the Secret History of America.

Why movie execs are stupid. Ok, one reason why movie execs are stupid. And the reason why creative types want to strangle them. Ok, one reason why creative types want to strangle them.

Some rare Star Wars photos you probably haven’t seen.

The dangers of common foods found in your house.

Wanna see the Milky Way? Check out this photo at the Badlands.

The C.I.A. and secret jails.

Alright, Jeff Goldblum!

Worst album titles of 2009?

If you’re a Top Chef fan, you’ll enjoy this feature catching up with former contestants.

Links of Interest 7/2

I've always been fascinated by ancient religious artifacts, so this story is cool to me. The discovery of something new, the interpretation of it, the arguments...and then we learn it's pretty much fiction. That's like saying in 1000 years, someone is going to be able to tell how we lived by reading a Stephen King novel. And yet there's so much intensity over all of this.

I love Buckaroo Bonzai, so this site selling related merchandise is awesome.

I've heard rumors that this project isn't going to delve too far into the popular conspiracies of the president, which would be a minor upset if you were gambling on it.

Every few years or so, someone trots out a cool "end of days" scenario for us to worry about. So far, we've been able to laugh them all off. Will the Mayan/2012 doomsday prophecy be the one to finally cash us all in?