Bones!

Via BoingBoing, a panoramic tour of the Kostnice Ossuary.

Here's the official website, too.

Why is America slipping?

Well, Idiot America sums it up pretty well; Pharyngula talks about some of the by-subscription-only article in that link.

PotW

The new picture of the week is up.

16 October 2005 You can tell it's the season - the pumpkin patch at Casa de Fruta has appeared. The picture was taken on 13 Oct 2005, and for the curious it's at 36° 59' 22.98" N, 121° 22' 48.78" W.

That picture was taken on our way down to Knott's Berry Scary Farm - we finally made it down to see it in operation! We didn't try to take many pictures, but I did get this one of dark_fang flirting . . . ( behind the cut to save bandwidth - 44K image )