Two siblings separated by the holocaust are reunited after 65 years. more inside

The Polaris Music Prize has been announced and the Canadian music journalists' top honour for this year goes to Owen Pallet's ambitious solo violin-rich post-classical pop project Final Fantasy for the album He Poos Clouds. more inside

Vintage drugs adverts

The gay menace Greensboro, NC, 1957: Based on a police informant, 32 men were arrested and tried for "unnatural relationships". The investigation really took off until prominent men in the community started appearing on the list, then suddenly there was less interest in pursuing it. A brief, but interesting, article about this fun episode in history, found at Pandagon. more inside

R.E.M. reunites for their induction into Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and to push "I Feel Fine", the best of the I.R.S. years. It may be time to replace some vinyl... more inside

Rebuild Iraq With The Best and Brightest Loyal Neoconservatives! A 24-year-old who had never worked in finance -- but had applied for a White House job -- was sent to reopen Baghdad's stock exchange. The daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator and a recent graduate from an evangelical university for home-schooled children were tapped to manage Iraq's $13 billion budget, even though they didn't have a background in accounting. via more inside

Tranplanted penis rejected. By wife.

"Advanced Animation" by Preston Blair. When Blair put the book together in 1947, he used the characters he had animated at Disney and MGM to illustrate the various basic principles of animation. Apparently, the rights to use some of the characters were revoked after the book was already in the stores. Publication was halted for a time, and he was forced to redraw most of the MGM characters, replacing them with generic characters of his own design. The revised edition went on to become a classic, and this first edition was forgotten.

The Art of Kim Graham. Very lifelike faces, and great geekstuff. This one's my favorite.

Comic strip artists' kit more inside

Die Kunst des Fechtens I und II Gesehen bei BibliOdyssey

The Trades

"You know, I think I'd like to see a hippo on one of those." And one hundred and forty four pieces of individually painted Royal Copenhagen porcelain later, he can. more inside

No skinny chicks! Models that are too thin are barred from appearing on the catwalk in Spain. more inside

The answer MSNBC did not like - media brainwashing in action? Or production team embarrassment over the number of tinfoil hatters who believe conspiracy theories? more inside

Monkeys will bring you the news at ape thirty

Photos of the extremely rare, teardrop-shaped and streamlined, three wheeling 1934 Dymaxion designed by R. Buckminster Fuller and constructed by yacht maker Starling Burgess. more inside

Jigsaw Monkey You have 5 minutes to put the picture of the monkey together. Friday Flash Fun For Freaks! Fantastic!

WWJD? Starting your own Christian Church? You need to start here!!

Curious George: What the hey? No link, just following instructions. Deer in the headlights, etc. more inside