Glittery Ephemera
more trebuchet!
I got a fever, and the cure is . . .
Gizmodo reviews a do-it-yourself kit for those nasty picket-fence sieges: Weapons: Home Trebuchet Kit, a Few Feet Short of Perfection
NOVA has a guide to siege engines and the Medieval Arms Race, complete with slideshow of efforts to build their own trebuchet at Loch Ness!
Got territory disputes down on the cubefarm? Fight like Dogbert and Catbert with trebuchet kits designed for Desktop Warfare (see video).
Or you could prove you’re a crunchy urban warrior by accepting the Do-It-Yourself office arms race challenge.
UPDATE: TLMA is right (in comments on the first Trebuchet post). This one has some extra awesome awesomeness–look at the HEIGHT of that hurling!
You could even settle for a purely virtual trebuchet:
Or engage in child’s play. 
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