Link dump for February 4th, 2009 through February 10th, 2009:

• Steampunk Cake! – Gonna have to get one of these for the wife's b'day.
• Religious right attempts to derail stimulus package – ' “For 37 years, the law of the land is that the government can’t pay for buildings that are used for religious purposes.” Even if it is the law, however, some religious right groups plan to sue the federal government if the bill is not changed. '
• Neil & His Magnificent Oracular Journal – Be-turbanned Neil Gaiman. (You have to actually shake it.)
• HYmini, a "micro wind power generator" – Sooooo cute! My darling wife will have to tell me if it would actually work (as she is the wind wiz in the house), and I don't really need another gadget. But I kind of wish that I did.
  Thanks to the Moms for the tip.
• Cities can't thrive under Pawlenty's cuts – "Cutting LGA is a backhanded property-tax increase from a no- new-taxes governor, and a city's ability to support job growth will suffer as a result. Weakened cities can't balance the state's budget deficit on their backs."