Daffodils and weekend reading links

The temperatures this week here in Virginia dipped down into the 20s (F), but around us signs of spring poke through the cold.

This week we’ve got a full selection of reading and viewing links, including a podcast with Elizabeth Hand, a lost Bruce Lee interview, lost Thomas Jefferson books, financial and culinary information, and, last but not least, the venerable Philosophers’ Drinking Song.

• [ VIDEO ] The Philosophers’ Drinking Song, by Monty Python
  • [ PODCAST ] Elizabeth Hand talks about MFA programs, YA, and magic locales
    • [ VIDEO ] A new game: cat laser bowling
      • OK: the American word that took over the world
        • [ VIDEO ] The lost interview with Bruce Lee from 1971
          • Obama says US needs better math, science education [no kidding!]
            • How to deal with information overload – think probabilistically
              • 2010 Nebula Award Nominees are out!
                • Financial Flimflam: why economic experts’ predictions fail
                  • Lost collection of Thomas Jefferson’s books found
                    • What exactly is a Cornish pasty?
                      • [ VIDEO ] Rudy Rucker talks about making money from selling information [ there’s a Spanish intro – Rudy comes after ]