From the Heart of Europe

• Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction | kglobal
  Georgian politics: a US consultant writes.
  (tags: georgia )
• steve_mollmann: A Man, a Can, a Microwave
  That's one modestly-sized microwave for man...
  (tags: space )
• wwhyte: Interesting Links for 27-08-2012
  A roundup of links about Lance Armstrong and doping.
  (tags: sport )

Short kids' urban fantasy novel, somewhat sub-Diana Wynne Jones with added toilet humour; the sinister factory in the neighbourhood is responsible for the horrors of modern food, and our heroes destroy it with explosive pee. (Sorry about the spoiler, but if you were going to buy this it was probably for someone else.)