Monkey Fruit Munching A monkey sits in offers and sips a can of coke in Lopburi, Thailand, Sunday Nov,28, 2004 during Monkey festival. Hooray! Lots of our furry siblings making with the monkey magic!

lambert, Hendricks & Rossish Curious George I’m designing a play and there is a reference that a google search only returns my question back at me. more inside

I clawed out my eyes, but I can still see! "FOR THE MAN who loves the feel of lycra spandex on his body." Never has so much been presented less pleasingly. [via jwz]

John Coltrane's composition "Giant Steps" forms both a ditone and quadratone progression between the key centers of B, Eb and G. Uh, right. Don't know nothing about Jazz but when you play this little animation, you can see there's some wicked structure underneath it all. (via Waxy)

God knows I love car culture. Except for the part where NO. A celebration of ricey cars.

Inquisitive Imp: Pornography Club. Some enterprising members of my school just started a pornography club, for fun and laughs and for the promotion of openess about our disgusting barbie doll-like-bodies. I was wondering if any monkeys had any input about what sort of things we could do to promote this club to make it as inclusive and fun as possible. more inside

Curious George: Who has the most annoying neighbors? Tis the season - commiserate! You aren't the only grinch.

The Great Ape Project. "The idea is radical but simple: to include the non-human great apes within the community of equals by granting them the basic moral and legal protection that only human beings currently enjoy." [Via Changesurfer.]

Curious, George: Cats and vision loss I am getting two cats on Saturday. One of them has had a pretty rough life - due to acid being poured in her eyes when she was an 8 week old kitten, she is missing one eye and the other is cloudy but can see. But how will I know if it gets worse? more inside

Can't be Gay in the Military.... 12 servicemen/women have been discharged from the military because, in once case a lesbian told her C.O. she was gay, and in another one, a serviceman was seen holding another man's hand. I've tried to stay out of this debate, but now that the U.S. army is so short on soldiers that tours of duty are being extended (and, for some, not happily), I think it's simply ridiculous. more inside

Curious George: Help me wire my house for sound. I am a boring middle-aged professional type who has slowly fallen out of the habit of listening to music, and I want to reverse this life-denying trend! [+]

"...and discover that the latest images of the stars confirm an all powerful Creator, not a random bang!" The Creation Museum. Look at all those lovely dinosaurs... lovely. Via those BoingBoing heathens. more inside

Bloody Hell! (skating .mov link via Bifurcated Rivets

Curious, George: Beer Labels I'm collecting the wonderful beer bottle labels I am finding on all these wonderful new microbrews that are appearing in my remote neck of the woods. Does anyone have a method of removing them from the bottle that is better than soaking?

Japanese Know-How. While in some countries sex education consists of telling people condoms can't help with AIDS, or that it's spread by sweat and other casual contact, Japan in the 1950s was puliblishing how-to manuals starting at the proper hand holding to more, uh, advanced techniques. [NSFW] more inside

Language, music, and animals. Huzzah! more inside

The Finnish Men's Shouting Choir (Mieskuoro Huutajat) Like a cross between Laibach and Monty Python, they consist of about 30 or so men who shout deconstructed arrangements of traditional Finnish songs, children's songs, the anthems of other countries, and, now, legal proceedings or trade agreements. To see God, close your eyes and check out their version of the Star-Spangled Banner. (once more, via WFMU, "Where dead air lives")

An Eagle-Eye View of the World Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks eagles with frickin' laser beams wireless video cameras attached to their heads! Very cool footage!

Monkey Day is almost Here!! "Monkey Day is an annual celebration of all things simian, a festival of aping, a chance to scream like a chimp and throw feces at whomever you choose. Or perhaps just a reason to hang out with your friends while grunting and picking fleas off each other." Monkey Day is December 14!!! Time to Stock up on my Monkey Day Products. This will make a nice gift gift for the wife.

D-I-Y Conflict Resolution (nsfw) Is fighting for peace like fucking for virginity? Well, here's the solution.