Links-R-Us, Vol. 21

Welcome to another Link-Friday.  And, as seems to be custom as of late, nobody voted on last Link-Friday posts so we are just gonna have to rule that a tie.  So we now have ten links in the running for best link of the year.  With that being said, here are this week’s offerings.

Our first link is to a Star Trek infographic.  This infographic shows all the TV shows, movies, etc. related to the Star Trek franchise.  It seems to be well done and pretty informative.  I was a little surprised to find out that there were new Star Trek television shows airing for 18 years straight.  Wow.  That is pretty impressive.

http://www.space.com/12858-star-trek-timeline-science-fiction-infographic.html

In a related note to our first link, the White House is being urged (via petition) to build a real-life starship Enterprise.  I think this one ranks right up there with the petition to build a Death Star.  A little wacky, if you ask me…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50364077/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Apparently some police officers in Colorado got themselves in hot water with the execution of an errant elk.  And, to top it off, the local residents held a candlelight vigil in honor of the fallen elk.  That’s just plain weird.  Here are a couple of links to the investigation and the vigil.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22328354/boulder-sheriff-deputys-role-elk-killing-peripheral-not
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22322028/residents-mourn-boulder-elk-at-candlelight-vigil?source=pkg

Our next link is about a bicycle that was swallowed by a tree.  Yes, you heard me, a tree ingesting part of a bicycle.  From what I understand, there’s a Christmas story that talks about this as well.  I think that is what caught my eye about this story.  Enjoy.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=23648382&nid=711&title=bicycle-swallowed-by-tree-in-washington-state

To round out the last of our links for this week I’ve turned to videos of the weird.  We have a moose chasing a skier, two men plunging off a cliff in their Zorb (a giant inflatable ball) and up to 60 students and parents “brawling” at a school bus stop over a two day period.  Ok.  What can someone say to that?  I get the whole moose thing, “This is my mountain, get off!”  And, that’s about it.  I’ll never be able to figure out the climb into a ball and roll down and mountain thing.  And then we come to the parents and school kids brawling thing.  Really?  Tempers flaring on one day I can see.  Holding a grudge and starting the whole thing all over again the next day?  What a sad day for parents and their children.

http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/ski/blog/2013/01/moose_on_the_lo.html
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nbcnews.com/50433366/#50433366
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/us/2013/01/11/nr-banfield-pittsburgh-brawl.cnn

Thanks for taking the time to swing by and check out this week’s Link-Friday.  And, in the immortal words of someone whom I cannot remember their name, “Don’t forget to vote!”