Gil's link of the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leR1EAdls4Y A demonstration of the proper war to fire off one of those giant rolls of fireworks.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ht/sparkler.htm How to make a sparkler.

http://news.com.com/Library+phone+answerers+survive+the+Internet/2100-1038_3-6089074.html A story about a phone help line at the New York Public Library.