Medieval Cookery. In addition to recipes, site includes a few oddities, a fine set of links to online Medieval cookbooks, and a Medieval cookery word of the day. more inside

"I ENJOY FART" says Dr. Michael Levitt, the American gastroenterologist who has unraveled much of what is known about human fartulence. Levitt is a gas guru, prodigy of poots, high priest of hole flappage, the seer of stinkburgers. What this man doesn't know about toilet tunes could be written in brown on the bottom of your undies. more inside

Traveling with lithium batteries There are several posts in the usual places about new regulations that control traveling with lithium metal and lithium-ion batteries. I think they spring from a poorly sourced AP story. Both the DOT and TSA sites do not seem really change what even the most tech laden traveler will have to plan for unless you check your batteries or carry some very heavy duty Li-ions. These rules are effective January 1, 2008, I will be interested what if anything happens to the traveling monkeys in the group. more inside

Netscape Navigator no more AOL's killing off the original king of the browsers. Why does that make me feel so old?

Surprise Finds at Egypt Temple "Change Everything" "Archaeologists are particularly intrigued by the discovery of the embankment wall, which they say is the first evidence that the Nile once ran alongside the temple." Some outsider Egyptologists have theorised that the Egyptians used the Nile, diverted and dammed, as a means to construct the huge buildings including the Pyramids, structures which still have many unanswered questions about their engineering. Could this be another piece in the puzzle? more inside

FAIL.

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated - Bhutto killed by rally suicide bomb and more. Benazir Bhutto at Wikipedia.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A couple of photo-essays, with sound, from Magnum.

The Bloody Olive - YouTube

Japanese Sound effects and what they mean

M.O.N.K.E.Y.#. E.I.G.H.T. Massively over-liquored nog keeps everyone yakking. more inside

The National Film Challenge is a contest in which aspiring filmmakers are given a prop, a line of dialog, a genre, and forty-eight hours to make a short film. The entry deadline passed in October, and the fifteen finalists have been selected. Now you get to watch and vote for your favorite in the "Audience Award" winner. Enjoy! more inside

R.I.P. Oscar Peterson

The Naughty Truthiness of Christmas The consumerism of the baby Jesus, and the politics of "The Night Before Christmas". All in one tidy place.

Reindeer Pate - you know you deserve it.

Bad fat man You won't be getting anything from this Santa!

The 2ueen of teh Intarwebs The Royals now have their own YouTube channel, and this year, for the first time, the Queen's Christmas Message will be broadcast online as well as on TV.
CAUTION!!!!!!! Possible YouTube link!

Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster - Smaller asteroids may pose greater danger than previously believed. Holy fucking shit-bags!

Christmas with the Sproutifarts - FLASH game. LOUD FARTING.

Fresh optimism in Turkmenistan A year after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov, "Here we have peace, we have stability and we know what will happen tomorrow." more inside