New iPods! you will get your credit card...you will spend your money...Steve Jobs is your lord and master...

California Croonin'

The Financial Cost of the Iraq War Curious George - what does 200 BILLION dollars buy in a war? more inside

Fifty Word Fiction. Prose fiction's answer to haiku, perhaps. Stories told in fifty words. The ADHD version of nanowrimojoflobloho. Now, ladies and gentlemonkeys, get to work. Tell me a story. more inside

That ball was out!

The Day After Tomorrow. Exactly how do John & Terry afford that $600K mortgage, SUV, big-screen TV, and pool on a modest salary? And how do they weather a hypothetical domino effect where the U.S., plagued by consumer credit and offshoring of jobs, soars into economic ruin? more inside

The forgettable and occasionally regrettable. Ever wanted to know where the substitute republican elector from Maine in 1840 was buried? Of course you did!!! more inside

Calling creative minds! Boss turns 40 tomorrow, and admin asked me to create a list of "appointments" that she could post to his electronic calendar. I need some creative ideas to add to my short list... note, boss has good sense of humor (not easily offended), but he *is* the fella who pays us. Monkeys?

Reality TV show for sale.

callalillie is collecting cast off cat whiskers Sometimes, dear internet, you make a request that defies any real explanation. This is because we all contain an inner freak, and some of us are just larger vessels that others. Note that she wants only whiskers that your cats are through with. No plucking! Guesses? Art? Fetish? Vodoo to turn her into the Queen Of All Cats?

Walking with beauty (Native American artifacts). Then, a look through "Beauty and the Beast" tales from this collection. And another kind of "Beauty and the Beast", in the form of fractal art.

Go whale hunting. Inland. Do you have strange childhood memories of seeing a blue whale up close, but have never actually been to sea? more inside

Curious George: Mail theft Curious George: Any Monkey postal workers? Question about mail theft...

Was there a 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that was ratified but ignored? According to some right-wing conspiracy theorists, yes. This amendment, they say, makes it illegal for lawyers to serve in public office. More here and here. more inside

MonkeyGifts - March swap. Opt-in for March gift swapping has begun. If you'd like to sign up, now's the time! (You can also sign up for the community but not swap this month - monthly swaps are only opt-in as you feel like it.) Here's all the community info if you're interested in joining us.

Curious George: Time Travel If you could travel any"where" in time, to what time period would you travel, and why? more inside

Flashblock allows you to avoid irritating, flash content in Firefox and Mozilla. It prevents flash content from loading, replacing it with a play icon - to see the content, merely click on it. Eat my *ss, drudgereport.

A Riddle: What do the Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Io, Uranus, and Neptune have that the moon, Venus and Mercury don't?

Curious George: Landline ahoy! Hey monkeys. I'm moving to a new place and pondering dumping the landline totally. Anybody out there landline-free? Pros and cons? The only service we really need at home is high-speed Internet; is that more expensive without regular phone service?

Eat plutonium death, disgusting alien scum! Read the first ever appearance of D.R. & Quinch in 200AD, courtesy of the BBC. One of Alan Moore's quirkier creations. more inside