Zaxonian Virtual Reality Chamber now available for a short time only!

Prankster, prophet, farmer, father, Ken Kesey found his grail at home.

New York City water may not be Kosher. Orthodox Jews in New York City worry that the city's water supply may not be kosher, due to the copepods , small crustaceans which are forbidden in a strict Orthodox diet. Important questions are raised here for the Orthodox community to consider: more inside

The Paper Arcade

Franz Ferdinands fans are a bunch of f*cking idiots. NME Readers and Franz Ferdinand fans submit interview questions. Hilarity ensues:"Do you like tractors and other farming things?"

It sucks, you should watch it! Okay, more getting to know you, following up the previous movie CG. I am a connoisseur of bad film. I love it. My friends treat a "good" bad find as an event. We're looking for new ones. What's the best bad film you've ever seen? more inside

Sail to the Beanless Isles! But beware the Bean Pirates (arg!). And a couple more mp3 samples from comedy improv group Offramp.

iPod, annotated. For all the Monkeys who played the Blogstop games- come up with you own "i"- word. Other New Yorkers have used the Apple campaign for more pointed commentary. [via Gizmodo]

Othello. In 1833, Ira Aldridge became the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage. more inside

Japanese TV Ads from the 50s to the 80s. Pretty awesome. They are all from an interesting looking exhibit on Japanese beauty/consumerism. You've got to check out bottom middle, its awesome. [Real Video format.] Link via Click Opera (One small image on Click Opera is rather fuzzy NSFW. You can still look at the page and just scroll past it. Your boss won't see. I promise.)

UPDATE on Steve Kurtz & Critical Art Ensemble. The FBI, we now know, will seek to indict Steve Kurtz (and perhaps others) before a grand jury in Buffalo, NY on June 15 on charges related to "biological weapons."

Mouse-eating in Zambia. Includes recipes.

Talking presents! Such as, the condiment holder that screams, "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, ketchup, mustard, relish, get your fixin's here!"

Instant Viking? Monarch? Satyr? All you need are a nekkid man and some props to "appeal to the muse". (Possibly NSFW: involves mantit, bum, and a leopard-skin wrap.)

Coffin Cake. Also, Games Console Wedding Cakes. I don't know which is more disturbing.

"Did I ever told you about 'The Beatles'?" Well, if you want to trigger granpa a flashback or *cough* still like those lads' tunes, check out this 3D op-art Flash (big 7.7Mb sucker) from those demented Melon guys, who started their mastery with audiovisual demos that fit on an Amiga floppy, back in the days when the Beatles still were together, or something like that... With karaoke mode! And lots of colors rapidly flashing, so beware.

A collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. This is a great site! Some truly hilarious anecdotes of childhood. So, monkeys, what are yours? Do tell.

Beautiful photographs of Afghanistan by Luke Powell. Why can't he get them published? [Thanks to Nathan at the Argus].

stavrosthewonderchicken needs help. One of my favorite MeFi characters is having a hard time getting money from Paypal donations. Does anyone have any advice on how to get this turned around? more inside

Finally: The Zippo-Cam. {Warning: Pointless Flash Intro... just hit "Skip"!} This is THE MUST-HAVE for Spies. Who smoke.