The world record transfers in football (taken from BBC)

As Real Madrid complete their chase for Kaka and sign him for a reported £56m, check out the players who have previously broken the world transfer record...

The Ship and the Zoo

A guy finds a sheep wandering in his neighborhood and takes it to the police station. The desk sergeant says, "Why don't you just take it to the zoo?"

The next day, the sergeant spots the same guy walking down the street—with the sheep. "I thought I told you to take that sheep to the zoo," the sergeant says.

"I know what you told me," the guy responds. "Yesterday I took him to the zoo. Today I'm taking him to the movies."

Quotable quotes

1. The reason academic debate is so vigorous is that there is so little at stake.
2. If you cannot solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you cannot solve: find it. (George Polya)