Cool wheelchairs! You gotta love any company that would name one of its chairs Spazz... or, um, maybe not. Are any monkeys out there wheelchair junkies? Whaddya think of these designs?

Tuesday

Curious George: Superbowl Sunday? First trip to NYC, arriving on Saturday night and wanting to dive headlong into US culture (jetlag permitting). more inside

Graffiti creator (Flash)

Monkeys pay to see female monkey bottoms My favorite quote: The scientists actually had to pay these guys, in the form of extra juice, to get them to look at images of lower-ranking monkeys.

Ask a Nineteenth-Century Whaling Expert. The academic bloggers at Crooked Timber explode the liberal myths that support the whaling ban and solve perplexing relationship issues along the way.

Curious George: Bored kitty. My sweet, sweet kitty is very, very bored [MI-aow].

Curious George: Chicago Jeweler? Know a good Chicago-area (accessible on public transport) jeweler? more inside

Make Mine Shoebox a video to be shown at various Hallmark coorprate meetings and events. (Quicktime) more inside

Medical George: Underweight How many here are underweight? What are your strategies and experiences in dealing with the condition? Please share your favorite resources! Websites, books, diets/supplements, clothing stores, etc. more inside

CBS News: Men Are Scum A report on tonight's CBS Evening News discussed progress toward a male birth-control pill which involves studying algae. The female reporter compared men to pond scum, and included women saying they didn't trust men to actually take such a pill. more inside

Nazi dolls

Curious George: Image permission? A company wants permission to use one of my photos. What's fair? more inside

Findlay Sucks! It really does, man. And so does Lansing. Ann Arbor is is overrated. Apparently, the Livonia, Greenley and Cleveland Sucks sites have all disappeared (though, from anecdotal accounts, their cities still suck). more inside

The Quff offers a sense of fashion and attitude to the consumer, turning an ordinary cup, can or water bottle into an extraordinary one.

This image can't be a coincidence. Is it just me, or is this image frighteningly close to el Goatse? (SFW, and no more inside!)

Buried in the headlines, Halliburton announced Friday that it's pulling out of Iran. Time to speculate on whether this has an ominous overtone or if it's just routine business maneuvering.

The First Drink of the Day - Joel Veitch from rathergood.com is at it again. This time with extra monkey-goodness.

el angel caido (photos)

The city of Krakow is seeing a huge revival of Jewish culture. Thing is, there isn't a Jew to be found.