Curious George: Oven Self Destruction Curious George: Melted electric oven element? Or, fun with home repair of electric appliances. more inside

CuriousGeorge: WANTED: good, fast, printable b/w map At my work, we regularly and frequently print out street maps. Google Maps makes the best printouts we've see, but it's slow, and the print-outs are poor, as we're doing it on a b/w printer. Here's what I want: (1) A full-page printout with one click. (2) Map formatted in black-n-white for printing. All the other printable map sites I've found want to print half-sheet sized maps, which is unusable to me. Anyone know anything better?

The Man From Maine and Jack LaLanne, LIVE on PAYPAHVIOUU!!!

qaSvI' ngoch cherwI' is trying to win re-election to the Finnish Parliament, by appealing to the Klingon vote. A few words may require the assistance of native speakers of the language, but fortunately, his site is also in English, Swedish, and (obviously) Finnish. Clearly, he is a man ahead of his time.

Yoga at Home - Indian Comic Book The Yoga Institute in Santa Cruz, Mumbai is unique in catering mainly to middle-class Indians who usually have a family and face the pressures of urban life. This 1997 comic book, produced by the institute in the style of popular indian comics of the period, captures the essence of 'householder yoga', giving an idea of how powerful spiritual practices can shape the ethos of an 'ideal' Indian family. In the spirit of the "Action Philosophers" FPP from yesterday, an informative flickr set how-to in convenient look-see picture form. And less o' the talkity talk-talk yappin'. via boingboing more inside

This gets my vote in the Best-Doormat-Ever category.

Airborne cats

I have sex with cars "Chris believes one spark for his fetish was 1980s cult TV series Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhof[sic] and featuring a talking car." more inside

Kurious English George Coming To America 27/Mar-3/Apr I'm going to be in Los Angeles 27 March - 3 April 2007, and I'd love to meet the LA Monkeys. Never been before, so when, where, how? I'm visiting a friend who lives near the Dodgers Stadium.

The world's billionaires, 2007. Brought to you by Forbes: "The billionaires' combined net worth climbed by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion. That equates to $3.6 billion apiece."

Hypocrisy in politics? Whodathunkit? While perseprosecuting Bill Clinton for his Lewinsky affair, Newt Gingrich was stepping out on his missus. Do as I say, not as I do, mm?

China’s Most Incredible Holdout An apparently extreme case of refusing to make way for the property developers down in Chongqing.

Mutts.

The ugliest flame war of all time can be found here. Blog owners eventually notice.

'Lebensborn' sue Norway. A group of Norwegians who were fathered by German soldiers in World War II are suing the Norwegian authorities at the European Court of Human Rights. More on the lebensborn.

Happy International Women's Day! A listing of events in countries around the world. more inside

12 photos that make one wonder if you don't have to be crazy to fish for crabs, and then a 13th and final photo that pretty much settles the matter.

Lovers of Wisdom - And ACTION! From the award-winning comic series ACTION PHILOSOPHERS! comes these biographies of the titans of thought! Thrill to the killer koans of Bam-Bam Bodhidharma! Shudder before the noble savagery of Terrible Thomas Jefferson! more inside

Curious Gross-Out George. What's the most disgusting thing you have ever tasted? more inside

Man dressed as elf robs lingerie shop.