With the Monday being the Fourth of July, today kicks off the Independence Day weekend here in the U.S. As usual, this will involve cooking out, alcohol, and fireworks, and while we will avoid that last item as best we can, since Hudson the wonder dog is deathly afraid of fireworks, as Meat Loaf once so wisely put it, two out of three ain't bad.

Independent Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Unreal Flash 3. Douchebag Life.
Science:	Sex doll-based robot helps dentists learn realistic, sensitive healing.
Media:	Man Vs. Wild RPG. Every Michael Bay Movie In Under A Minute. Star Fox Puppets Sing David Bowie (Do a Barrel Roll, Major Tom!).