Knowing You, Knowing Me ...How do you think the meeting of people online rather than in physical space will change ideas about how well people know one another? For instance, you know Celia from work, where you eat lunch together and talk about work, co-workers, and pop culture stuff. You know Boilingowls from a forum, where you've hashed out musical tastes, your son's pyromania troubles, what that thing is growing under your armpit, and revealed being the second gunman. Given both of them live in your city, who do you want to meet for coffee when your kid finally manages to burn down his school over the weekend?

The Official Rules of Calvinball. IMPORTANT -- The following rules are subject to be changed, amended, or dismissed by any player(s) involved.

Ladies and gentlemonkeys, may I present the delightfully named TushyClean

Crouching Tiger my ass! Video of a monkey (I think it might be a gibbon, actually), teasing two young tigers for no good reason. Video quality is sub-par, but the content is fantastic.

"Virgin Birth" mouse created in Japan Three wise mice seen making their way towards lab.

Curious George: Movin' over to Macs My SO just got the new imac G5 and, thinking I'm computer-savvy, asked me to set it up for him. I have used Macs, but am by no means an expert. Luckily, some of you monkeys are. more inside

U.S. OKs Evidence Gained Through Torture. Statements made under torture have been inadmissible in U.S. courts for about 70 years. Well, maybe no longer.

Suicide in Japan

Three people were found dead in a car parked in the middle of a mountain forest, police said yesterday. This brings to 22 the number of Japanese who have died in suicide pacts in less than two months.

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http://www.thebearrocks.com/galleries/gallery_26/gallery.asp Penthouse Playmate, Kyli Ryan, came to The Bear studios for a visit and The Bear's Breakfast decided to pull a fast one. Yukon was blindfolded and was then told he would be able to "cop a feel". Bear listener "Man Boobs" was brought in for Yukon to unknowingly feel up.

Little known tidbits about French and English Kings and their wives and mistresses Here's the dirt on the guys. I'd love to hear their wives' and lovers' perspectives on their big fat sorry selves. I'm sure they had to put up with plenty. more inside

Make arty furniture from those stupid books you're never going to read, anyway...

A Singular Christmas Sixteen new timeless christmas classics from eigenradio

Firefox Extension: Makelink 2.0 - this is really good if, like me, you love Mozilla Firefox & you post a lot of links on blogs like this one! See inside for more details. more inside

If I was going to spend $450.00 on an iPod, this is the one. more inside

Nothing to do With Monday, and Probably a Double Post Monkey MP3 But hey, I'm enjoying this tune so much, I just had to share. We're talkin' sex on the streets from coast to coast.

Chick tracts for a new generation [via this askmefi question] more inside

2004 Weblog Awards. The voting has begun, and Monkeyfilter has been nominated for "Best Online Community". I don't think we will win against Fark or Slashdot (which are much bigger), but I had fun showing my support.

Jane Says..."Oh, and I did get to Spain, by the way," more inside

It's a miracle! Don't be waiting on Gob to be fixing you up a miracle! Roll your own! Stolen from here.

sound beams, cones and spheres HyperSonic Sound: the new (but long wished for) tool for directing sound in a 'beam' at a very small area or a single individual- creating the inevitable military and marketing buzz (two demos: .wmv trade film, simple flash).