A little linky goodness for your Friday afternoon enjoyment or enragement:

• Translate anything into nightingale song (I tried talking with them once, but their grammar is atrocious);
• Nifty Times article on the history of the fortune cookie;
• Why were '70s and '80s TV themes so awesome?  (feel the Mike Post love!)
• And let me add a little love for the themes of the '90s -- the "ER" theme and opening montage is really good, but the one that always blows me away is the long version of the "NYPD Blue" open -- theme by Mike Post, natch, and a beautifully-edited montage;
• Generic Names for Soft Drinks, by U.S. county.  A fascinating map;
• Something's a bit wrong with this:  a CD for deaf people, containing music and subliminal messages that will restore their hearing (!)