Not-quite-weekly five

... or seven. Links, that is.

I've been babysitting, antiquing, plowing the car through rivers (where they shouldn't be; it's been raining hard and long), fighting off a flu, and now I'm falling asleep almost as soon as I sit down. So we'll see how far I get with this before my head hits the keyboard. Again.

Detail of dying maple leaf

This week, I bookmarked these (in no particular order):

• The Holy Order of Blogging. A cartoon, and a timely warning. From GrrlScientist.
• She also has a beautiful boxfish photo for us. All puckered up for a kiss? Or whistling?
• While we're looking at fish, here are some new ones to ponder over. Killifish: "If you listen carefully, you can hear them singing.." Fish that live in trees. Really. From Zoologix.
• NewKerala has a bit more info on these.

• A bit of sad reporting. The Amazon rainforest burns. Once again, they say. Laurie says, "Still." From the Guardian.
• Via YouTube, some excellent educational videos by cdk007. The first one I found was on the "watch in a bag" analogy, but there are 28 more, all worthwhile, judging by those I have already watched.
• And in the "People do the darndest things!" department, and just in time for Hallowe'en, The Coke Machine disguise! From Amygdala.

And there we are; I'm still awake! 'night, all.