Links posted in March 2006
March 31, 2006
An "underwater holocaust"
has been ravaging Caribbean coral reefs over the past several months. "The prognosis is not good... If you want to see a coral reef, go now, because they just won't survive in their current state." More evidence for global warming?
Sorry for the CNN newsfilter, but this made one of my nerves start to twitch...
Make your own Chevy Tahoe commercial Chevy has an internet contest where they ask you to piece together a commercial for the Chevy Tahoe. This being the internet, some people have used the site to express certain dislike for low mileage SUVs. (from metafilter) [more inside]
Guitar Shred Show: The way of the exploding solo! "Mr. Fastfinger reveals the arts and secrets of the electric guitar to all." Inspired by StoryBored's FPP below. Tear it up, grasshopper!
Who's da Blues-Playing Monkey? You are! You are! ♫♪ Well, well, stannnndin at the crossroads, no bananas in mmmy haaaand ♪♫♪ I say, stannnndin at the crossroads, raaain, rain, rollin, ramblin, roll up the rim...oo, ooo, I'm looonely. ♫♪ Thank you, God bless, and good night.
The Smitten A mitten for two! Awww! It's so cute I think I'm gonna retch!
Vintage cartoons, free. Better than Flash Friday -- it's Flash Gordon! Except, without the flash gordon part. But there's Super Man, early Bugs, Betty Boop, all kinds of stuff to keep you from working today. Enjoy! [more inside]
Mookie Jubblies: name generator -o-rama
A little Phriday Phun for my PinkyBarfbuns friends.
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Spectral classification is used to identify the different types of stars (O, B, A, F, G, K, M). Students use a mnemonic to help remember the type and order. [more inside]
Alternative to commerciial games. Gamehippo, Caiman, Noodan, Acid-Play and Planet Freeplay are just five sites that collectively contain thousands of completely free games (otherwise known as freeware). While they contain more than their fair share of duds - sort through the rubble and you just might find some completely original gems.
Senate Gets the Best Help As you know, members of both parties are getting tough on immigration. [more inside]
Jill Carroll released by captors. "It's important people know that I was not harmed," she said. (via Bookslut.) More from the Christian Science Monitor, Carroll's employer.
Batman Onomatopeia. I just...no words.
Curious George: goofiest sex terms you've heard? Whether you're interests lay in jilling off, scissor fighting, or in a 5 digit disco, some of those sex terms might come in handy if someone asks if you want to be a GSQ.
March 30, 2006
It's interesting to see a company blog about their branding process. Talk about total transparency!
MontRED's decision to blog about their logo design process is genius on several levels. Most importantly, the blog gives MontRED the ability to tell their customers point-blank the rationale behind the brand.
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I'm against protesting, but I just don't know how to show it.
"An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs. You would never see an 'Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order' sign, just 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'"
Mitch Hedberg, a great comedian, passed away a year ago today from "multiple drug toxicity".
Watch him, quote a few lines, or just remember a funny motherfucker.
In addition to .. Complement to Hawthorne Wingo and 'The God Fossil' ..
The Ossuary by Svankmajer
Yes, THAT ossuary.
Sharon Stone's Safe Sex Tips
Quote: "If you're in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job. I'm not embarrassed to tell them."
That answers the question I had about what to do if cornered by a giant-size penis.
War Without End. SF Chronicle 4-part feature chronicling several severely injured Iraq-war soldiers' treatment and reentry into society. Here's part 1, and part 2, and part 3, and part 4. Also includes photo galleries and videos and a podcast by one of the writers of the series.
March 29, 2006
Design Your Own Sex Toy! Here's your chance for fame, fortune and (at the very least) an excuse to spend some time on "research and development": Sex Toy Design Contest. Via Anarchogeek
The Museum of Unworkable Devices ...is a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures. [more inside]
Curious, George: camera done been dropped I saw someone drop my camera and now it's broken. This person never told me about the drop and it wasn't until the next day that I realized it had been damaged. Given he never told me, I'm not sure how to deal with this without being an asshole, but I'd like to not have to pay to repair something someone else did. [more inside]
He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn’t worn anything but jeans in a year, and won’t shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap.
EagleCam
Live video feed of an Eagle's Nest in Hornby Island, Vancouver BC. Beautiful video, very close up.
Not to be confused with the 2005 Best-Post-Winner Pandacam.
via stupid MeFi
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Geofiction. The recent article about Urville reminded me of the phenomenon of Geofiction, or Geofantasy. These are worlds, not created as backdrops for books or movies, but just for the fun of it. [more inside]
Barbie girls (or not)
Study shows that little girls regularly torture their Barbie dolls (mutilation, maiming, micro-waving). So much for the idea of Barbie as a role-model (via, from the 30th minute).
Of course, this is not true of all little girls.
Visit the city of Urville. Except you can't -- at least, not physically. The city exists only on paper, and in the mind of the it's 34 year-old creator, Gilles Tréhin. He has been diagnosed with autism by some doctors, with Asperger's Syndrome by others. [more inside]
Curious George: Help me defend the Confederacy in 90 seconds [more inside]
The peace pole project was started by Masahisa Goi, founder of The World Peace Prayer Society in Japan. There are hundreds of thousands of them planted worldwide in 180 countries (even outside Ft. Bragg). They act as a silent prayer and message for peace on Earth.
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Curious George: Deathbed gems. What are some of the priceless things your loved ones (or others) said while they were about to die? [more inside]
The Wonderful World of Disney Presents:
VENERAL DISEASE ATTACK PLAN!!!!!!!!!
Google Video
MoFiCDX:VI
Hey folks! Who is up for another round of the CD Exchange. If you want in, drop by the forum at the above link, register and send a PM to me, shotsy on the board, as here.
Read the FAQ if you haven't played before.
More after the fold.
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March 28, 2006
Bad Boy for Love Dead at 58 Pete Wells, the slide guitarist, songwriter and founder member of the Australian hard rock group Rose Tattoo, has died. RIP, matey.
McGovern says Iraq, Vietnam same war
"The Vietnam War was his issue when he won the 1972 Democratic Party nomination for president. He recently reviewed his campaign speeches focusing on that war, concluding, 'Today, you can just cross out Vietnam and write in Iraq. It’s the same thing. That insurgency kept rolling in Vietnam the longer we stayed.'” Compare and Contrast (pdf) html version
Show your work.
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Uh-oh! This can't lead to anything good. Any monkeys speak Arabic? In search of some reading material? This is your chance to tie Saddam to MetaFilter or the Boy Scouts or whatever. (New York Times) [more inside]
The God Fossil. "For the past 20 years, a small cadre [of scientists and social scientists] has been working on explaining religion as a product of evolution itself. These anthropologists and psychologists wonder if the nearly universal human tendency to believe in gods is a kind of programming that resulted from natural selection."
Litigious George: We live next to a construction site. Last Wednesday, they decided to remove some trees that were right on their side of the property. Along the way, they dismantled my fence and removed some wood from my property... [more inside]
Curious, George-Nasty Food, International. Monkeys of all nations-- tell me what are the culinary embarrassments of your particular culture? (Cheesy center inside) [more inside]
What makes good TV? Apparently it's adults suffering from ALS and kids with Progeria or Down's Syndrome, victims of hate crimes and home invasions, and a crew of kind folks willing to make it all better. via.
March 27, 2006
Warren Gamaliel Harding once choked a man just for stealin'
The teapot dome scandal - perhaps the most circus like of American scandals,included kickbacks, bribes, murder, suicide, bribery. Oh, it's no Enron, but it had President Warren G. Harding choking Charles Forbes shouting, "You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard!"
Harding was so complex and disturbed a man he had four (count 'em: four!) mysteries and to top it off: a mysterious death
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Mr.Howard, Mr. Fine, Mr. Howard, go to Washington
The gang of theives known as the “ Ohio Gang” weren’t all from Ohio like President Warren Harding. United States Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty was from Ohio, but Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was from Kentucky, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby was from Michigan, and Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes wasn’t from Ohio, but met Harding in Hawaii.
Ohio Gang or not they were all involved in one of the biggest scandals in American History - the Teapot Dome Scandal.
It’s a scandal with a bit of everything. Profit skimming, fat kickbacks, alcohol and drug running, fraud, bribery, suicide, running off to Europe with $200 million in public funds, Harding choked Forbes shouting: “You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard! ”
This is the mother of American scandals, it even includes Harding’s death under mysterious circumstances.
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Plastic Bags:
Over 117 Billion consumed this year so far. Some of us have been Tilting at Tree Bags, because they're so prevalent. The Film and Bag Federation also have an environmental section. They point out that plastic over paper reduces solid waste. Unfortunately it seems that plastic bags don't go into landfills so much.
Still, you can make stuff out of them. Still, there is debate - Paper, or Plastic?.
Choose Neither.
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Curious George: Hosting my own web site, kind of.
I'm creating a website for a family friend's business. Very simple, just several pages of information and downloadable CVs (Resumes). I'm using PHP to reduce the workload, by running EasyPHP on my Windows XP SP2 machine. This is an easy way to install and run Apache, PHP and MySQL. I'm on ADSL, with no router, just a USB modem.
I need my customer to look at the site and give me comments on the design. They don't live nearby, so I want to be able to give them an IP address, and then they can look at the site live on my machine.
How do I set up Apache, the firewall and so on? Security is important. Does anyone know of a better way of letting them see it?
Today in Japanese Amputee Sex Doll news
VERY VERY NSFW!!!one11!!
Also unsafe for, well, anybody else.
March 26, 2006
Curious George: My Own Religion I want to start a religion. How do I do it? [more inside]
Applauding George: Monkey comments deserving an encore. So there's a MoFi comment that you remember and still laugh at, but never gave the author his/her due. Or... [more inside]
Curious George: Confusing movies. I'm wondering if any other monkeys tend to get confused about plot points when seeing new films. [more inside]
The tragedy in seattle. Live Journal of one of the victims [more inside]
I am computer literate!
Who gave you permission to invade my website and block me and anyone else from accessing it???
Please remove your software immediately before I report it to government officials!!
I am the City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma.
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The steam engine. Pumps. Ships. Trains. Tractors. Shovels. Rollers. Cars. Turbines. Catapults.
October 23, 1989: a certain lasagna-loving cat wakes up to find himself alone... Utterly alone. [more inside]
Chinese Opera comes to America...and Canada...and Singapore, [more inside]
March 25, 2006
Curious George: Louisville, KY. So I’m going to be in Louisville next week for the USITT conference and I was wondering if any monkeys could tell me about that fair city. Things to do, places to eat, and places to get drunk would be great. Thanks [more inside]
Pagoda upon the Hermit's Head - A massive 50 foot boulder covered in gold perched precariously upon an extremely small inclined area of contact with the rock beneath, a 23 foot shrine mounted upon it, high in the mountains of Myanmar (Burma). It is a reliquary for a hair or three of Buddha, with attendant temples. It seems to be just about to topple over, but this giant gilded rock has weathered storms and earthquakes for over 2,000 years. And it would take you a while to get there.
RIP Buck Owens More than Hee-Haw, more than "Act Naturally." Discovered his music a couple years ago and have been a die-hard fan ever since. Goodbye ol' pal.
Spray-on Dress. Warning: hard nipples as seen thru clingy fabric.
Before the Shopping Center. Department stores and malls. The land of consumption. Nothing last forever.
Trees, Old and Odd [more inside]
Curious George: How to unload unneeded hotel reservations? Is there a good way to find someone who may need hotel reservations in Indianapolis for the Final Four? [more inside]
March 24, 2006
Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents were released to the public last week. Titles such as "A Report on a Cartoon Character Called "Pokemon" and "Propaganda By Iraq TV including dancing and singing with Iraq national songs, praising Saddam Hussein's achievements for Iraq and shouting dreadful words against the United States" should prove interesting for a dull Friday afternoon. [more inside]
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts David Byrne and Brian Eno's groundbreaking 1981 album sounds just as fresh and new today. But now it's even fresher and newer with a new remastered and extended version coming out shortly. The accompanying site has lots of information, sounds and sights to go along with the rerelease. Sort of Friday Flash-y stuff, but not really...
Word! White boys can't rap. (NSFW lyrics.) [more inside]
The Ground Zero Grassy Knoll
Scenario A: Twelve guys with boxcutters + 1 guy in a cave.
Scenario B: (Scenario A + Government incompetence).
Scenario C: LIHOP - (The Government Let It Happen On Purpose).
Scenario D: MIHOP (The Government Made It Happen On Purpose).
Pick.
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16th C. Spanish ship found thanks to Hurricane Ivan. Another storm has exposed formerly-unknown parts of Louisbourg.
20 Rules of Smart and Successful Web Development. You all know these lists, where they tell you what to do and - way more often - what not to do. But this one is a very good one. Easy to read and not difficult to adapt.
The Most Important Algorithms. Among them - A* search algorithm, Beam Search, Binary Search, Buchberger's algorithm, Dijkstra's Algorithm and others.
Women's dime novels
are the subject of Felicia L. Carr's site, based on her dissertation. Women's stories were one of the main kinds of dime (never 'dime-store'!) novels, though more typical were tales of derring-do.
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Quotes for She(ehan), Not For Thee - Like Cindy Sheehan, Julia Conover lost her son in Iraq to a suicide bomber. Unlike Sheehan, she apparently doesn't have the "absolute moral authority" of a grieving mother... [more inside]
A recent bug report to Mozilla demonstrates some...privacy issues. [more inside]
March 23, 2006
Curious George: Proctology. Why does a doctor decide to specialize in proctology? Is there professional interest in rectums, anuses, and colons? Are graduate classes for it cheap? Or are they paid better than other specialties? I want to put on my gloves and get to the bottom of this!
Barbara Bush Donates to Katrina Fund
Lovely. She also specifies that the "undisclosed amount" must go to education. Spiffy. Specifically, to her son Neil's company.
Oh.
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Political George: For all our talk in Canadia about America mucking with our politics, how much influence do they really have in our policy making? How at risk are we of Americanization? [more inside]
Who's Alive and Who's Dead?
A nice but depressing website that tells you which famous people of a certain age are still breathing and which ones have shuffled off the mortal coil. Frequently updated. Settle all your bar bets here. You can sort by category.
Apologies if this is a double. I searched and didn't see it but it seems so MoFi that I wouldn't be surprised.
Curious, George: "What's So Civil 'Bout War, Anyway?":
I'm researching the American Civil War and the Reconstruction. I'm having trouble figuring out who this Johnny Reb guy is, but he seems to be everywhere, man!
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If only I looked better in tights... Stan Lee is teaming up with the SciFi channel to come up with his next comic book idea. As Mrs. Moondoggie told me: "Can you imagine what that casting calls going to look like?" Yes, I've sheltered her from the horrors of cosplay. via [more inside]
Graphic pain, may not be safe for some. This is insane. I can't imagine being able or willing to sit through this. This kid has a love for pain.
A step-by-step guide to using the greatest spread in the world. (If you don't agree, you're just an uncultured barbarian, and probably a Seppo.)
Vermonts platform cairns and stone chambers are mysterious lithic features that are not well known, but have caught the attention of archaeoastronomers and are even the basis of a horror novel.
Lieberman Flips Out On Talk Radio Joementum may just of had his Howard Dean moment. [more inside]
March 22, 2006
Anonymous, George: Why Won't He Wear The Ring?
I'm completely confused as to why my spouse has taken his ring off and won't wear it. We've been married a little over a year. He wore it for about a month. There's no possibility of cheating, and there's sincere love & a solid commitment to our shared future.
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Want to be on "Jeopardy!"?
Think you could be the next Ken Jennings, but can't make it to the contestant auditions?
It's big news: next week Jeopardy! will have its first ever online test. Strict time zone start times to be observed. Register here. FAQ here.
Texas Police Go Into 36 Bars , Arrest Patrons For Being Drunk. [more inside]
Human powered motorhead The Ace of Spades [15 MB Quicktime, loud music, headbanging kids and marionets] via
Curious George CX 2 This consists of two asinine questions to which I'd like the answers: [more inside]
"History is different in them places, you know." An interview with Billy Bragg, ostensibly about his new box set, but really about girls and politics. Mostly politics. [more inside]
Znet:A Community of People Committed to Social Change Regular articles from the likes of Chomsky(previously linked), Solomon and Palast on everything from the war in Iraq, eyewitness accounts of the recent French riots, economic issues, and information on upcoming actions. Not a USian? The site takes great pains to affect a global outlook. [more inside]
152 resources for Online Tools, Generators, Checkers - HTML & CSS Validation & formatting, image & favicon tools, text generators, RSS feed generators, encryption & search tools... masses of stuff. Oozing with usefulness. Voom.
How To Be A Spiritual Atheist. Can it be done? Sort of related - Ignosticism, something new to me, at least.
Shame A rant via dailykos [more inside]
March 21, 2006
Why 70's variety shows don't exist anymore. Or, why 70's variety shows should be resurrected! Man, does Bing Crosby look like he's on autopilot or what? (via the awesome, graphics-heavy Bedazzled)
The biggest collection of full cigarette packs in the world (according to Igor anyway). Search by country, check out the numbers collected from each brand or just browse the collection. [more inside]
OCLC's Open WorldCat is an interesting new way to search for library materials, using the Google, Google Scholar and Yahoo! search engines. The interface still needs some tweaking, but the service itself looks pretty promising.
Curious George, what is the new middle aged?
Curiouser and curiouser. Have spent a lot of my day dealing with women i know are in there 50's and being very unkind about their obvious plastic surgery......(not so unkind about their obvious attraction to very attractive and available younger men.....)
I am curious - when i was 25 i thought i would bew asking this question at around 35 or so find myself at 39 and still asking when is middle age in the general view - obviously i am pushing it as far back as possible but simpered endearingly when told i not a day over 32 today!!!!! *secret gloat laugh and know totally untrue!* Just wondered when it hit - for me childless and unmarried although partner3d - does ths make a difference as well?
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The Poezenboot (cat boat) : two barges moored on Amsterdam's Singel Canal are cat houses. No, real cats. [more inside]
Simpsons not yet unprofitable, two more seasons ordered.
Curious, George: UNLURK!
As we edge ever closer to the 5000-member mark, we, the more vocal monkeys of this filter, would like to meet those of you who are, shall we say, bashful.
In other words, we want to meet all you sexy lurkers.
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Whiny Conservatives The odds are, Shrub was a difficult child. The odds are, he takes after the man his mother claims is his father.
Devo is Dev 2.0 ? Disney now has their own Devo. Has the joke gone too far? [more inside]
Geoffrey Chaucer hath a blog via languagehath
paavik stainless steel products utensils, household range, dog / cats bowl, etc. ceramic products coffee mugs, bowl, cups and saucer etc.
Stop teaching creationism! The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying that he does not believe that creationism - the Bible-based account of the origins of the world - should be taught in schools.
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" [more inside]
Juan Cole on the Top Ten Catastrophes of the Third Year of American Iraq. [more inside]
Don't Copy That Floppy! The early 90's was a dark time for software development companies. Rampant piracy nearly brought the fledgling industry to a shuddering halt. Then, one seriously hip public service video changed everything. [more inside]
New York's first British school opens this September. Aimed at expat British parents in the US, BISNY will teach the British (English) National Curriculum to American youngsters whose parents want a better, private, education. Yahoo News, Financial Times.
March 20, 2006
European George Hi All, In about two weeks I'm flying out to Ireland, where I'll be spending a month walking around the country. Then I'll be spending a month on the continent. I'd like to hear your advice! [more inside]
folksongs for the five points - a metaphor in sound in celebration of cultural diversity and change
British Prime Minister evicts/KILLS Sir Humphrey! [more inside]
Supernatural Crime: digital comics and pulp
"Take a midnight stroll down the rain-slick streets of Port Nocturne, where the acrid scent of gunpowder hangs in the air like cheap perfume, where every dark alley comes to a dead end, and justice is...
...blonde."
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Hitler's Home Movies (google video, best to mute the insipid soundtrack.)
Third Warniversary
Summary: American Military Casualties: 2,317. American Wounded: 17,004. Iraqi Civilian Casualties: 37,795 (estimated). Total Cost of the War: $320 billion - NOT! Number of WMD Found: 0. Number of Administration Officials Held Accountable for Iraq Debacle: Zero.
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' converted to ActionScript 2.0 syntax.
Ragtime by Perfessor Bill Edwards. Midi can vary greatly, but most of these are superb, the best I've ever heard. Aside from Midi, The Perfessor's a pianist and composer of considerable attainments; his site also gives lyrics for many old songs, plus showing a number of original and early sheet music covers. [more inside]
Larry levels banana crop. Massive cyclone hits Australia's east coast. No levees breached but bananas toast. [more inside]
In September 2005, Neil Gaiman discovered a demonic tomato in his garden. Sensibly enough he decided to make evil salsa out of it. Website Tomatoes Are Evil heard about Neil's evil fruit and linked to it as an example of a vicious killer tomato. Now Neil is being threatened with possible legal action by Branfman and Associates [warning: embedded music(!)] on behalf of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, who claim Neil has violated their trademark by linking to them from Tomatoes Are Evil. Except, uh, Neil doesn't run Tomatoes Are Evil, and has not linked to anything to do with AotKT. [more inside]
The Laurence Hutton Princeton University Collection of Death Masks
And even more over here.
March 19, 2006
Johnny Lydon On Jimmy Kimmel The Rotten Man tells Kimmel why the Sex Pistols refused their induction to the Rock $ Roll Hall of Fame.
Elmyr de Hory: the greatest art forger of the 20th century. [more inside]
SUPER COLOSSAL .. Satriani - brilliant as ever! Listen here to entire CD.
Spielberg Inc. Gives Apache Girl $325,000 Haircut
Architecture against Death. Because "people, particularly old people, shouldn't relax and sit back to help them decline". [more inside]
Cuba and Japan will face each other in the inaugural World Baseball Classic final tomorrow. With Japan finally beating Korea in their third meeting, and Cuba beating the Dominican Republic, the World Baseball Classic is about to end.
The Lulu Blooker Prize : serious literary venture, or shameless attempt to draw more hapless victims into self-publishing their worthless maunderings?
Futurama is going to be renewed for television with 26 episodes. According to Billy West.
A large and previously unknown reservoir of water ice may have been found below the surface of Mars, new radar observations suggest. You can use the new Google Mars to prospect the sites for yourself. You'll have to, because the astonishing longevity of the twin Martian Rovers looks to be coming to an end, and they won't be able to help you. [more inside]
La liberté Also known as civil war. [more inside]
Stolen Van Gogh returned, seven years later.
Collection of WWII booklets from Stars and Stripes.
Stars & Stripes published a series of G.I. Stories of the Ground, Air, and Service Forces in Paris in 1944-1945. Each booklet was approximately 32 pages in length and small enough to fit in a uniform pocket and to conveniently mail home. Originals of these booklets are getting very expensive, but the page has links to most of them online.
Mind-opening lectures on the physiology of stress. The work of Robert Sapolsky.
1972 Documentary
on ARPAnet, the precursor of the modern internet.
This is a Google video approx 30 min. Rather piercing moog Mozart at the beginning.
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March 18, 2006
Curious George: photo gallery on a website
I am looking for a way to share photos via my website. I have used Flickr, but without paying for the Pro account one cannnot download/view the original full resolution of the photo. I would like people to see the photos at full res.
I checked OSWD for a good template but the designs coupled with my poor skills in setting up the page was not a great help. I tried Pixelpost but could not get past all the technical stuff setting up a database. Ideas? Am I too hopeful, and should I shell out for a pro account?
Universal Identifications The recent post on USB Art reminded me of stuff I'd seen before regarding another ubiquitous three-letter acrnym starting with U, so here it is: UPC Art (aka BarCode Art) including tattoos! Plus, one artist's barcode gallery.
Curious George on a Plane I have an idea for an international 'incident' and I need your help, fellow snakemonkeys! [more inside]
Urban Exploring Or perhaps they're trespassers. With their own lingo, own worldwide network, and own blog.
Never mind the Bollocks, here's the Pish Dolls. I recommend watching the Ace of Spades video.
BoardGameGeek is an insanely comprehensive site at the vanguard of the quiet renaissance in the world of table-top gaming. Browse its vast board game database, read a myriad of reviews, discover new suggestions on how to play old favorites, uncover long lost holy grails of childhood, chilling reminders of world views thankfully fading, and quite a few surprises. [more inside]
LoveToKnow Music, a wiki devoted to all aspects of music [more inside]
March 17, 2006
Curious George: Ping. Why does ping work on some sites but not others? For example I tried "ping www.nytimes.com" and always get "request timed out". But it works fine for google.com and other servers. Do some web servers block pings?
The Wild Parrots of Brooklyn: Tough guys -- monk or quaker parrots -- make their home in a number of unexpected locations. Most people think of parrots as a tropical bird but New York State has several nests of feral quakers now. [more inside]
Extreme Survival Quiz!!
Friday Flash "Fun". Take this quiz and find out if you would survive these dire situations, or be reduced to a grease spot.
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Snakes. On a plane. Who says Hollywood is running out of ideas? (warning: YouTube link) Now, I wouldn't normally post something from SomethingAwful, but this really takes the cake. [more inside]
Drawball! It's a ball in which you, and pretty much everyone in the whole damn world, draw! [more inside]
He wanted twenty-two bucks for it, but I talked him down to seventeen...
Dogs
and other animals in shawls.
That's all really. Just some Friday cute.
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Big Pot Factory Bust in Oakland With products like Jones'n Soda, Joint Cola, Rasta Reese's, Stoney Ranchers and Trippy Peanut Butter, it was only a matter of time... Sorry this didn't last 'til Halloween, they were about 3 miles from where I live. With video, too.
March 16, 2006
"Uh, does he know what happens to Supernovas?" So you didn't win the chance to be INXS' new vocalist, and record a dud album. Fear not -- now you can compete to sing with Tommy Lee's new band. (Maybe even share the same bus toilet as him...)
A Photographer and his Dog. One day eight years ago, a young landscape photographer from Vienna was visiting a farm near Verona, Italy, when he learned about a spotted puppy with black ears that no one wanted. The photographer, Toni Anzenberger, adopted the dog and named him Pecorino, thinking it meant "little sheep" in Italian. Wonderful story, excellent dog. Home site. [more inside]
Subgenius custody case takes ugly turn. Widely discussed elsewhere last month, Rachel Bevilacqua lost custody of her child when the judge in her custody case saw pictures of her at the Church of the Subgenius' X-Day celebrations. The case has taken an ugly turn: Rachel has been (verbally) ordered by the judge to cease discussing the case on the internet. [more inside]
72 Degrees
"is the angle of a healthy erection." It's also a great new shelf for teens, with a secret compartment for hiding your pr0n.
Via...
March 15, 2006
A beef with St. Paddy's? Some Catholic bishops are lifting the no-meat-on-Friday rule, to allow for the consumption of Corned Beef on St. Paddy's Day (although it's debatable whether Corned Beef is actually 'meat', rather than 'meat product'). Aah, if only they'd done this in time to save the teeth-curling splendour of the Shamrock Shake.
The Carp Robot. For when a real carp just isn't good enough. Surprise: it comes from Japan. [more inside]
Vote With Your Money BuyBlue.org tracks what companies give to what U.S. elected officials. Interesting stuff. Don't mention the Blue Pages book to them though, they're a little touchy about it [more inside]
Anomalies of Nature
- a site referring to all kinds of crazy things. The author would also like you all to get rich! Main site - WARNING: extrememly unnavigable.
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Humorous Molecules
Chemistry humour at it's best.
Making appearences are Cummingtonite, Moronic Acid, Fucitol, Fruticolone and Bastadin-5.
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HAND SIGNALS?
.. and possible comments which stream to the fore of one's conscious mind are most probably inappropriate.
Bloody Hell!
Menstrual blood contains stem cells...lots of them! It is at this point that I fall mute pondering the mind-boggling ramifications...
*whimpers...runs away*
March 14, 2006
It's Pi Day!
That's right, because of the quirks of the calendar, today, 3/14, is Pi Day! Geddit? Though I guess to be totally accurate, it should have happened once, in 1592. (3.141592...) Anyway, you can brighten your friends' day with Pi day songs, send Pi day greeting cards, make fun Pi jewelry, have pi recitations and pi(e)-eating contests and generally do any number of things that will ensure your continued celibacy.
Hooray for Pi!
Whoohoo!
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The blonde in Blondie no longer blonde. And there's a whole bunch of infighting amongst the new inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as usual. Full marks to the Pistols for staying true to, well, to something, anyway. [more inside]
aaargh plop
n.
the sound that a cat with avian-flu makes when it falls out of a tree.
Musicfilter: The follow-up
to Queensrÿche's magnum opus, 18 years later. Due out April 4th.
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You might want to consider divorce when... "A Mexican husband and wife were recovering separately after a marital spat got out of control and saw them firing guns, throwing knives and hurling homemade bombs.
March 13, 2006
MST3Kinfo
is a pretty damned good spot to ease your MST3K news joneses, if you're still having them. Episode
listings, tape/DVD trading and regular updates pertaining to the myriad numbnuts who starred and otherwise participated in the MSTied movies.
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Scientology Claims Another Victim
Apparently Isaac Hayes is a nutjob Scientologist, and the Tom Cruise in the closet episode was too much for him, so he's quitting the show.
The Porn Star and Bush Okay but if you're going to lift from Fark, it would have to be something like this. You can't make that up. Well, you can, but it's not as funny if you do.
The Ossuary in Sedlec Decide for yourself if the subtitle Where Human Bones Become Art is justified. [more inside]
Flow while you wait for Spore.
Bad girls smoke! NSFW, particularly if you are working in or around 1910.
March 12, 2006
Queen Jana of Sudoku! Czech woman wins the first Sudoku world championship.
The earth is not moving. A happy combination of stopping time and random Chick tracts.
The winners of the Irish blog awards are announced 'Best Political Blog' Slugger O'Toole has been linked here before, and it's where I saw the announcement. Only had a quick glance at the others, but might be something in there to like. If only I could read An tImeall.
How to Stop Time. First, find a clock with a smooth sweeping second hand...
The Random Chick Tract Generator Why, I don't know. [more inside]
Garfield and the Unbearable Pain of Being Alive: A strange thing happens to Garfield comics when you remove the cat's thought balloons...
March 11, 2006
You heard about the recently discovered blonde furry lobster,
didn't you? The Kiwa Hirsuta. Well here's a plush toy replica.
Nicked from robot wisdom
The 1001 Inventions of the Muslim world Coffee, Cameras, Chess, Parachutes, Carpets, Soap, Alcohol, Architectural arches, Quilts, the Rocket, the Torpedo, the Ornamental Garden, the Earth as a Globe, Cheese, the Kiosk, the Zero, the Three Course Meal. More here
Why Are We Here?
The body of Christian Peacemaker Team activist Tom Fox was found today in Iraq. Evidence suggests he was tortured and assassinated. This message was composed the day before he was abducted.
We are here to stand with those being dehumanized by oppressors and stand firm against that dehumanization. We are here to stop people, including ourselves, from dehumanizing any of God's children, no matter how much they dehumanize their own souls.
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McGill postcard artwork collected by Michael Winner. Sentimental, derisive and cutesy-poos examples as well as the classic saucy ones.
March 10, 2006
Oh, those wacky Republican politicians It's the last image that makes it so laugh out loud funny. [more inside]
Senator Rick Santorum you know from his comments on gay incest (or something) but you also know him to be a self-confessed point man on lobbying reform. Which is why a local investigation was surprised to find his charity being rife with lobby money. [more inside]
Do you take it? Music. NSFW. Very Hummable. NSFW. Singalong Chorus. NSFW
Hay. In art. Over 5,000 items, and they haven't even got Constable yet.
Meet the Caulfield Sisters Meet the Caulfield Sisters. Go listen to their live performance. (Warning: adult-specific content may load in your browser on clicking this link, therefore may not be worksafe.)
Cityscape. (Flash) Build a city with 18 available components. The order in which you employ those components determines how they'll interact and how far the city will develop. There's one correct order that will score the full amount of points. Similar to the Grow games (also Flash). (via dalryaug) (crossposted to MeFi)
Odysseus' man Eurylochus blogs the big fight at Troy. [more inside]
Take A Whiff!
Stops your pooh from smelling. But watch out for the bloating!
Is it real? I don't care!
Stolen from B3TA (again)
Curious George: Am I a sexual deviant? How do I explain an odd fetish to my new partner? [more inside]
Your wireless USB MP3-playing, glittery silver footwear has arrived, Sir.
March 09, 2006
Anonymous George: Transgendered, Can't Find Work
Hi, folks, fellow simians.
I was intersexed at birth and was surgically "corrected" and pronounced a boy. Unfortunately for me, I'm actually a girl, and am just getting around to correcting this problem at age 29-30. I've been on female hormones for almost exactly a year, and have been living full-time in my true gender for about 8 months. I look pretty "convincing" already except perhaps for my jawline and my sparse (but darkish) facial hair. I pass. Not perfectly, but great considering how little I've done.
I'm in the States.
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You behave yourself, Monkey, while I go grocery shopping. And keep out of those cookies! We're already acquainted with Mr. Monkey; now you can read all about A Year in the Life of a Czech Plush Monkey.
Your Latest Nightmare Meet your new drunk surgeon.
Quran 5:82
: "...and you will find the nearest in love to the [Muslims] those who say: 'We are Christians.' That is because amongst them are priests and monks, and they are not proud."
Ballads! Get yer ballads here! The Bodleian Library in Oxford has put its tremendous collection of broadside ballads online. Searchable by title, first line, subject and a host of other criteria. There's a search thingy for illustrations, too, and many sound files available. [more inside]
Curious George the hard-up. OK. It's been a while. I'm done with school, and meeting girls at work isn't an option, night classes and continuing ed. courses have yielded nothing, friends aren't coming through on setups, and the local watering holes are all fished out. Time to bow to the inevitable, and trawl the internets. [more inside]
3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit. In a lab. (Celcius converter says that's 20 billion degrees? That can't be right. Wacky metrics.) The sun is 15 million Kelvin, this is about 2 Berzillion Kelvin. Oy! That's hot. How'd they do it? [more inside]
Some parents have been known to go a little overboard when desiring their child-athletes to win.
God Bless the Intarnets
How to fuck dolphins.
(I'm not accepting credit for this; I found it through Robot Wisdom.)
Schapelle Corby Tours - Surely this can't be for real. <via> [more inside]
Folk Archive Resource North East "the home of Northumbrian music online". Lots of information and audio introducing one of England's finest folk traditions, including its tunes, instruments and dance styles. [more inside]
Engineering on ze German tip! Productfilter? Why yes! But I had to throw this out. These new VW ads are funny as hell. The added bonus of random character actor Peter Stormare throwing out bon mots like "drop it like it's hot" in his random, not quite German, not quite Swedish accent just makes them that much funnier. I think these ads are great for extracting the Michael out of all those people that add dumb stuff to their autos.
March 08, 2006
Russian girl writes letter to Prince William proposing marriage. Through tragic misuse of Google, she ends up addressing the letter to the Prince William County Courthouse in Virginia. Officials go "aaaaaw" and wonder what to do next.
Pop Bubble Wrap! Pop pop pop pop... [more inside]
Collecting the wondrously bizarre stories written by children found on elementary school classes' websites.[more inside]
Curious George: Flash mp3 Player I am looking for a simple, clean, flash-based mp3 player to profile some of my music on my website. [more inside]
Hilarious College Students Find Perfect Recipe For Big Laughs! What they do is, hee hee, is they, ha ha, they set CHURCHES ON FIRE!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!! [more inside]
Clinton, Montana's Testicle Festival is but one of many organ-eating-focused events.
Monkey Filter Gathering in Turkey??? Hmmm, are these the new monkeyfilter members out of Turkey? [more inside]
Feline outbursts interpreted as speech. Via. [more inside]
Curious George Is it possible to be addicted to Diet Coke? [more inside]
One topic two sideswipes Is it wrong to be slow to anger? [more inside]
Zombie Cockroaches! Run For Your Feeble Lives!... Insects are fucking bananas and likely our future imperious masters. You may cry now.
"I probably do need some help, but I don't know if this is the time or place for it." Some boldfaced text, and the general tone, NSFW. Unless you work in animal husbandry. Via Thesmokinggun.
March 07, 2006
Bush bests Monroe, threatens Jefferson.
The Food Sphinx. For when you've done the food pyramid and are still feeling a bit peckish...
Anonymous George: A Friend in Need
A close friend of mine seems to have gotten himself into a spot of trouble, and I'm not sure how involved I should get, because part of the trouble involves another close friend. Please bear with me while I fill in the backstory.
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Curious George: Cell long distance (U.S.) Just a dumb question but do most people signed up with major cell providers in the U.S. get free long distance? I'm setting up a temporary number for cell phone clients and am not sure if a 1-800 number would be redundant.
Ivor Cutler has passed away at age 83. One of Scotland's best poets, he was also a musician, singer, songwriter, actor, painter, author of books for children, and humorist. He recorded more sessions with John Peel than anyone but The Fall. Maybe you remember him as Buster Bloodvessel from The Magical Mystery Tour? [more inside]
Why aren't you using RSS?
A n00b's guide to RSS.
You have a ton of sites bookmarked. You may have whittled down to a list of, oooh, a number that you check every day (/presses envelope to head - that number is six!). RSS is a way you can be MORE in touch — with a higher number of sites — while doing less work. And, thus, an aid to becoming fatter, lazier and inevitably uglier, as if that were even possible.
This is me pretending that I've not heard of RSS. Of course, I'm really much hipper than that, and this is all old news. Also, I didn't search before posting.
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PLEASE take my Jesus plates.
I have a set of 6 "Faces of Jesus Collector's Plates" and I believe they are ruining my life.
WARNING: contains Craigslist
So there you are, just enjoying a nice day out kayaking.
Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator Try [FAS's] NEW Bomb-A-City Calculator. Pick an American city. Pick the size of the bomb you wish to detonate virtually (1 kt to 4 MT). Choose your method of delivery (aircraft or automobile/suitcase). Then see the radius within which most buildings would be destroyed. Then, measure the potential fallout. Both tools have handy keys at the bottom. Don't get caught in the blue! [more inside]
March 06, 2006
Natalie Portman Gangsta Style
On SNL she speaks of her gangsta lifestyle.
Watch out....this girl is a crazy B*tch!
Pets or Food? 40 lbs. baby seal meat for only 68.99$US. Mmm! Plus recipes like Sweet and Sour Koala Loaf. This might be a joke.
Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt!!
The name Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt was an inevitable afterthought. When Steven Seagal finished creating a drink that holds untold natural power, there was only one equivalent in nature- The Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt. Both mysterious and powerful, it's a symbol of the untold energy the earth has to offer- Such is Steven Seagals Lightning Bolt energy drink.
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Nacho Libre Jack Black is one of those actors who is excruciatingly annoying if in the wrong role (Orange County), or stupidly-hilarious if in the right one (School of Rock). Enter "Nacho Libre" -- Jack plays a priest who becomes a Mexican wrestler in order to save the orphanage. [more inside]
Unexpected Comet Pojamanski is visible for Northern monkeys. It has a pretty turquoise tail. It needs a pretty name, however.
Fascism Checklist See how many apply to your country. Discuss. No, no I mean in the thread. Discuss it in the thread here. Also, there are some Boob videos. Probably SFW, but I'm going to mark them as NSFW just in case [more inside]
Nessie is really Dumbo claims Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum. "Ya pure mad dafty!" cry Scotland's Tourism Industry and the many believers of the legend of the Loch Ness monster. [more inside]
Cleveland Meetup Pics ... are here and here and here.
Real Life Simpsons Intro (Embedded Video). Via digg, via Layer 8. [more inside]
Mark Jenkin's Storker Project
is a fascinating sort of urban grafitti. Jenkins makes life size babies out of packing tape then abandons them in urban, suburban and rural areas. The final result is absurd, eye catching and occasionally even poignant.
March 05, 2006
Have you ever seen a robot mule stumble around as if dancing to the sound of a model airplane engine? (Second link = YouTube video with sound) [more inside]
You: Gorgeous. Me: A Gamer... "I’m pretty sure if I can just pay you for that drink that we will soon be making hot monkey love back at my apartment. However, I am disappointed at how much dating is already costing me, and how many obstacles one must overcome to simply buy a girl a drink..."
Bizarro, I love you.
I made an egg for you.
Bawk Bawk!
I'm a lunatic. I scare people.
Out of boredom and the attempt to be the first to do SOMEthing, I typed weirdo into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky"
This is what I got.
Muahahahahahaaaaaa......
Political video games against the dictatorship of entertainment. (Old but never posted before, possibly NSFW, and via BB.)
Left Behind, page by page Blogger Slacktivist has been doing a weekly series on the first Left Behind book for almost two-and-a-half years and one hundred posts now, going page by page and noting the inconsistencies, poor storytelling and even poorer theology (he's a liberal Christian). Earlier posts are at the bottom of the linked page.
March 04, 2006
Incredibly bold opinion offered on Al-Jazeera Dr. Wafa Sultan is a Syrian expatriate and psychologist. In this video, she offers up an incredibly brave statement on Al-Jazeera television that the extremist Muslims must learn to co-exist with the West, rather than attempt to convert-or-exterminate them. It's about 5 mins long, but well worth the watch.
Crazy-Ass Juggling 1)Click on Link 2)Click on Must See Finale 3)Watch 4)Praise.
The Russian Folk Art has colorful lacquer miniatures, toys, ceramics, lace and enchanting fairy tales and legends. [more inside]
March 03, 2006
Friday Flash Fun - Splash Back Drop the drips on the dots and splash lots of splots across game tops. totally not ripped off from MeFi [more inside]
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own.
Political George - How do I get past the gate keepers in DC? Rancho Calamari Productions is starting up a new documentary project and we'd like to get interviews with a bunch of mucky-mucks in Washington DC, but I can't seem to get past their "people" in their offices. Anyone have experience in this? [more inside]
McCartney visits ice floes. Unfortunately, not abandoned there. By appearing on Larry King to defend the seal hunt, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams a) gives Macca the attention he was after all along, and b) legitimizes a celebrity's opinion as having authority of any kind whatsoever simply by virtue of his fame. Way to go, Danny-boy.
European females evolved blonde hair and blue eyes through fierce competition over the few males who survived mammoth hunting. Wouldn't polygamy have been easier?
This is catchy and weirdly inspirational. With the emphasis on "weird." But I dig it!
And pinch your nipples! But don't pinch others!
Now Gouge Out Your Eyes!
It's THE HOFF!! Pepsi! EVIIIIIIL
WARNING: Contains Hasselhoff
March 02, 2006
Fool Your Eyes
A collection of (mostly) interesting optical illusions.
Cue theremin!
Dear Kind Sir, I am writing to you from Nigeria
You know those emails asking for help to free millions of dollars that you avoid cuz yer smart? This guy wasn't.
Oh, and impeach Bush. The fucker.
an epic tale
this is a servay plz answear the followin r u a fag do u like men
Curious, George: Charity
So the wife and I are looking to choose a charity or charities to donate some dough, given our recent success, and I want your recommendations of worthy organizations. I have only a few constraints:
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Ice Worms. 'Kind of hot right now.'
Chocolate milk. The new sports drink. I told ya!
Force Skeptics
- 'Ladies and Gentlemen, you have been bamboozled. The Force is a fiction that exists only in the minds of deluded Jedi practitioners. The so-called "Jedi Powers" are nothing more than cheap stage-magic tricks that anyone can learn and which violate no known laws of physics. The Masters of the Jedi Order are charlatans, preying upon your gullibility and demanding your blind respect in return.'
Seen @ Spiflicated Bivalves
"No One Anticipated the Breech of the Levees" WASHINGTON (AP) -- In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage. [more inside]
Ah-ooga, it's MoFiLA meetup? Ooga_booga is coming to LA this weekend, and will be here Saturday and Sunday. Is anyone up for a Saturday evening dinner/drinky thing or a Sunday brunch? [more inside]
Today in Science History. Short paragraphs (most with links) chronicling the day in science. [more inside]
March 01, 2006
Don't be a worry wart. What could possibly go wrong?
The fall colours' chemistry. It's autumn down under and this takes all the romance out of those pretty colours.
Where can you buy a watch that doesn't appear to be able to tell the time, flashes random colors, and is called the Pimp Pleasure Seeker? Why, Japan, of course.
Curious 30-something George How much of the 90s do you remember? And what does "The 90's" mean to you? I just noticed that 6 Degrees of Separation is at the top of my netflix queue. Somehow this movie epitomizes the 90's for me, so I thought what the hey, why not host a 90's themed party to watch it! How would you go about it? [more inside]
Curious Coldfusion George. I need to make my database of PDF's available online. [more inside]
Who wants to be a Chinese Mucus Monitor? The local government in Beijing says it's launching a campaign against the common habit of hocking up lurgies in public. According to the BBC. But in 2003 the Scottish Sunday Herald explained that fines were already being enforced due to the outbreak of SARS. And while many sites claim spitting is illegal, I pretty much spat the dummy just trying to find out what countries it actually was illegal to cough one up. [more inside]
Curious Pineapple George Okay, pineapples were on sale today and this monkey 's never eaten a real one. I couldn't resist. Now Spiney Piney is sitting here on the counter bristling defiant. Deliciousness inside. But tough unchewable spiny outside. Now I sad. Help me oh monkey brothers and sisters. I want to eat.
This just in - Bush is a liberal!
Yes, just in time to salute the flaming wreckage of the worst administration in American history as it plummets to earth like so much half-chewed fish, the new right-wing meme: Bush is actually a liberal!
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If Microsoft packaged iPod (parody) [more inside]
A Short Musical. Martin Short, SCTV Alum, cameo king, Tony Award winner and general Hollywood pissant, has come up with a musical based on his own life story (which is, basically, Marty biting at the teat that suckles him). [more inside]
Monkey-people discovered in Turkey Lifted from daily monkey. Ah, daily monkey....
Got an old Sega CD game system and 16 hours to kill? A rare copy of "Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors" has surfaced... [more inside]
