African gorilla family, believed stolen ... wasn't. more inside

An Alabama State Represenatative doesn't see that banning of homosexual authors and books with homosexual characters as censorship. Republican member Gerald Allen is unselfishly "protecting the hearts and souls and minds of our children." How nice. more inside

Contact Juggling is Freaky! I'm just sayin. more inside

Share files, get 3 years in jail - I've not been able to verify this from any other sources, but generally the BBC is a reputable source...

Scientists have spotted an ivory-billed woodpecker in the wild. One male was spotted in an Arkansas swamp. There hadn't been a confirmed sighting since the 1940s. more inside

Mind Your Manners! “Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.” Emily Post We can't all be Miss Manners, but perhaps an Etiquette Seminar might be the right step in becoming an Etiquette Consultant. more inside

Wes Anderson á la The Decemberists The Porland art-rock/theater-geek band The Decemberists' video for their tune "16 Military Wives" is a clever parody of Wes Anderson's Rushmore.

Jon Stewart Applies the Smackdown Again This time to hapless CNN "anchors". Will termination ensue? Hopeful fans await. [Quicktime .mov] more inside

FantaSigns, Your Name in Art™ For Mother's Day, or perhaps for our very own mothers-to-be, Monkeybashi and Mickey! Or just for fun.

Reason #33 why you don't give creative control to your keyboard player [warning ~44Mb BitTorrent of a .mpg] This is just another reason why I'm glad that I was never around for the 70's. Video includes 'stache touting keyboard player, fake druming, inexplicable dancers, and hordes of other things that raised my wtf meter. Enjoy. more inside

Omnikin! flash site with music I've only seen this "sport," Kin-ball, since coming to Japan. Is it popular in your area? How could it not be, with a promo video like this. Quicktime movie Why was it created? Lack of assiduity! more inside

Curious, George: Wedding MCing in a Nutshell. Help! I have had short notice of wedding MC duties falling my way and I am eager not to make the night memorable for the wrong reasons. more inside

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Ron Gilbert wants a car! Apparently Ron Gilbert got a little bitter around Christmastime because none of his fans sent him a car with a big ribbon and a sign saying "Thanks for Monkey Island". So someone decided, for whatever reason, to revive the Christmas spirit within.

Bush on a coin!!?? I wouldn't normally just post a news story, but this is scary. I hate dollar coins. They don't go in a wallet. When I end up with one, I just want to get rid of it. Now the guv'mint is probably going to come out with a new dollar coin inspired by the best-selling "quarters with a state on them" thing. But this time, its "dollar coins with a president on them". And you know the GOP will only agree to this because they've had ants in their pants for years to get Reagan on a coin. Sigh...

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse trailer which requires Quicktime. Batman Begins full trailer, which also requires Quicktime, and George A. Romero's Land of the Dead trailer in Quicktime or Windows Media. (Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright are apparently in this movie as cameo zombies based solely on Romero's enjoyment of Shaun of the Dead). more inside

Tech Support George: Firewall woes So a firewall I recently installed (Sygate) has permenantly removed my ablity to access the internet... more inside

Gated Community Guerilla Art The LA art collective Heavy Trash has installed big orange viewing platforms that allow people to look into gated communities as both a protest against the idea of gated communities and an invitation to begin a dialogue about possible alternatives. more inside

Please Do Not Press the Red Button! more inside

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