http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2289751,00.html

From the page: “After 40 years and 1,500 concerts, Joe Queenan is finally ready to say the unsayable: new classical music is absolute torture – and its fans have no reason to be so smug”

http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm

From the page: “A Nice Cup of Tea
By George Orwell”

http://www.smirkingloon.com/video/worlds_biggest_wave_ever_surfed.php

From the page: “This starts slowly, then zooms away to leave a breathtaking sight of the huge wave in all it’s glory.”

http://www.art2arts.co.uk/guest-artists/steven-bonds/every-day/prod_279.html

Steven Bonds – Every Day

http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/the-10-weirdest-us-museums.html

Burlesque Hall of Fame

If you’re in the US and didn’t know there are so many odd museums all over the country, it’s time for a road trip. For those outside, here’s an even better reason to visit the country and see what are the downright weird attractions.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/SPMF11MK59.DTL&feed=rss.athletics

“Great moments make it hard to let go of one of sports’ most hallowed grounds”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2008/07/14/SPMF11MK59.DTL

Reggie Jackson’s three-home-run game in the Series

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4269382.ece

How do you see the world when your eyesight fails? One young painter is helping us understand a major cause of blindness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_strawberries2.shtml

Grow your own strawberries

Strawberries take up hardly any room, produce attractive flowers and delicious fruit, and are easy to maintain. Follow our advice on growing your own.

http://www.dochara.com/tips/toryisland.php

From the page: “”Tory is like a granite kaleidoscope where the shifting patterns of light in the seas and skies produce a curious ephemerality, as though the cliffs and beaches somehow change every time you look away.””