Okay, not all of them -- but I've been hanging onto many of these links for quite a while and now my Firefox has 80+ open tabs. So it's time to clear the board with another exciting linkage post! You may have seen many of these by now, but hopefully you'll find something interesting in here that you haven't encountered yet.

• Hardcore Gaming 101: Athena

  I must've had this tab open for months -- ever since I started playing SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos earlier this year as part of the Capcom and SNK kick that stemmed from my purchase of the Mai Shiranui and Chun-Li action figure set. Athena's one of the two secret bosses, and she's got quite a history as a character! I tried desperately to find the Athena: Awakening from an Ordinary Life live-action drama, but I have not yet been successful in that endeavor.

• Destroy All Monsters: Rogues Gallery -- Prehistoric Isle

  At least once a year -- and probably more along the lines of thrice a year -- I go off on a dinosaur kick. I think I found this during the most recent one, which took place from October-November and resulted in me buying a handful of velociraptor figures. It looks bloody cool! It's also an SNK game, which makes two thus far.

• Beyonce: Now it's time for a black Wonder Woman

  I'm not sure how I'd feel about this. There are some characters -- many characters -- perhaps even most characters -- for whom I wouldn't at all object to a skin color change in the leap from comic to film. I thought it was fine for Kingpin in Daredevil, since Kingpin's supposed to be a big crime boss and they don't come much bigger than Michael Clarke Duncan, and while Catwoman had many flaws (or so I'm told; I still can't bring myself to watch it), I doubt that Halle Berry's skin color was among them. (Besides, in that respect, Eartha Kitt had already established a precedent for the character.) Batman, the Flash, Hawkgirl, Huntress, just about any of the X-Men... there are a ton of characters who could change their skin color and it wouldn't at all seem problematic for me.

  But Wonder Woman? Something about that just doesn't work for me. It might be because many other characters are more/less defined by their backstory, or by their costumes, or by certain physical characteristics -- for example, as with Kingpin, their size -- but Wonder Woman has an iconic look that incorporates not only her costume, but her entire physical appearance. Her backstory is kinda crap, but it also arguably demands a more "classical" appearance for her: she was fashioned out of clay by the Amazonian queen Hippolyta and brought to life by Athena. Granted, I have no idea who I'd cast in the role -- only Steel comes to mind, but she looks a bit too hard and I doubt she can act -- but WW is one character I'd probably try to match to her comic appearance as closely as possible.

  That said, if a live-action X-Men film ever touched on the Mojoverse, I think Beyonce would make an interesting casting choice for Spiral.

• Zina Saunders paints Sarah Palin

  Obviously a holdover from the election, I found this painting to be pretty darned cool.

• Shoggoth.net -- Octobernomicon, Oct 4: The Ghost of John

  Halloween put me in the mood to listen to some spooky old songs from my childhood, so I googled "The Ghost of John." I found surprisingly few audio resources, but I did come across this nifty page of gaming stats that make Johnny boy sound way more terrifying than the old song ever did. The fact that he's aligned with my birthdate makes him even scarier!

• STRANGEco: Wonder Women of America

  Photos of women cosplaying as comic book and video game heroines. Some are better than others!

• German Teacher Strips For High School Students

  Stuff like this never happened when I was a student in Germany! I guess those kids are studying the three R's -- reading, 'riting, and 'rections.

• Old Bridge High School drama teacher accused of sex with student

  Stuff like this never happened when I was a student in high school! I totally need a drink from the fountain of youth.

• BBC News: Antelope's sex signal in the knee

  That is the ugliest antelope ever. Also, there is nothing sexy about that sound -- I actually find it highly unnerving.

• Cloning from the grave: Scientists create new life from a mouse that has been frozen for 16 YEARS

  The title says it all. Next stop, Jurassic Park!

• How to Meditate...The Easy Way (VIDEO)

  I think meditation is kinda ridiculous, but Tara Stiles is utterly adorable.

• Vienna mum horrified over dead frog in spinach

  Somehow a free packet of coffee just doesn't seem like sufficient compensation.

• Jean-Claude Van Damme Hits On Reporter Mid-Interview

  Oh, that wacky Jean-Claude Van Damme -- what will he do next?!

• Winona Ryder Hospitalized In UK

  I generally love me some Winona Ryder, but I can't get over how awful she looks in that photo. It's like she's morphing into Angela Petrelli! I shudder at the thought.

• Karolina Kurkova's Missing Bellybutton Explained (PHOTOS)

  Three guesses what talk of missing bellybuttons brings to my mind. Somehow I think Mickey will only need one!

• Scientists discover long-lost Furby-look-alike

  Pretty soon kids will be asking for these things instead of dogs! Just make sure they don't get them wet or feed them after midnight...

• BBC News: The age of 'celebrity terrorism'

  Interesting read. I guess you don't have to be laden with pork with John McCain on your ass for someone to make you famous and ensure that others know your name! All you need is a death wish, some dynamite, and a public space.

• Diet of Fast Food and Candy May Cause Alzheimer's

  As if laboratory mice didn't have enough difficulty navigating those blasted mazes!

• Mad Scientist Brings Back Dead With "Deanimation"

  Works in theory... I can has moar brAiNssssss?

And that'll do it for now!