linky list

Okay, so I'm not good at resolutions, but I'm determined to use this blog for things pertaining to my improvement of my life, and I consider random knowledge an improvement, so here's today's fun new links:

Medicine Chest: a public record of traditional medicine.

Rockabye Baby turns Queen into Lullabyes.

Remeber Jaime Oliver? Now he's taking on how Americans eat!

Mark Kurlansky has compiled a book on how Americans ate before the Interstates and the Fast Food Revolution called Food of a Younger Land.

A whole (very detailed) article about the history of Star Trek reboots. Including a really great Guide to Reboots at the end.

What do kids eat in school lunches in outher countries? Stuff way better, tastier and healthier than we're feeding our kids, apparently.

I'm not entirely sure what this means, but it sounds fun: "Does the Emperor not foreseeing that Darth Vader would kill him mean that all Jedi have lost this force ability and that midichlorians leave the body after death and have evolved as they drifted with innumerable species by finding an athletic host who would benefit from incredible power?"