Undercover Air Marshalls don't really blend well. What's the point of having undercover air marshalls if Ray Charles can spot them from the back of coach? "Air marshals 'are not undercover like Serpico,' (Federal Air Marshall Service spokesman David Adams) added, referring to the legendary New York detective. 'The director refers to them as 'discreet.'"

Is a draft imminent?

Bremer threatens to veto Iraqis' choice of president I thought folks were supposed to be FREE to elect who they wanted...Can someone explain this imposed democracy thing? more inside

UN_FOLD Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. [WARNING: Large Quicktime]

The History of Toilet Paper. Let us pause to give thanks for the noble invention we take for granted, and recount the dark days in America's history known as "The Great Toilet Paper Shortage".

Xstasis (Flash, via Fleshbot (NSFW) who found out what androids really dream of.)

Forks Smash! MoFi Meet! NEW YORK MONKEY MEETUP Though I've been somewhat, er, busy; I am still down with the: 1st KING KONG MEMORIAL NY MOFI MEETUP June 4th, Friday; 5:45 (we'll wait till 6:00) on the stairs of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. more inside

xxxchurch.com is on a crusade: they want you to stop watching internet porn. Yeah right. They've begun a project in which they want to encourage young guys (no mention of the gals) to stop beating off. Check out the Wired.com article. Forty days? I call that Dark Night of the Soul. I guess it's for real. I guess. Nothing on snopes.

monkeys=honry Originally published in the March 1995 issue of Scientific American, this summary of the sexual behavior of bonobo monkeys talks about common lesbian traits, massive sexual appitite, and a close link to humans. What?

Monkeys = Evil So, we stole a monkey from a research centre, kidnapped him and took him out to a secret monkey concentration camp, where we basically kicked him around and did really mean stuff to him.

Real life people with rude names. Including my favourite, Randy Bumgardner.

Build Your Own Batphone!

Snip 'n send! Type in your cell phone number, choose a track from a CD and you got yourself a new ringtune! (Yeah, I know, my second post of the day. It's the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. and I'm stuck at work. Take pity on me.)

Washington scandal du jour: "A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Dick Cheney coordinated a huge Halliburton government contract for Iraq, despite Cheney's denial of interest in the company he ran until 2000."

It's a Gas! With Ren & Stimpy - FLASH - It's a Ren & Stimpy game! Our pals are settling down for a restful evening. All of a sudden a deep sound comes from Stimpy's butt. Oh no! It's gas! Use your mouse to fix all the bursting patches & keep the gas trapped under the bedcover! WARNING: Contains Ren & Stimpy. Also contains cartoon bed-sharing activities. Also: loud FART sound effects. If at work, please turn the volume WAY UP. more inside

Fractal Wallpapers.

Curious George! Mad Libs verb & noun movie titles? Am I imagining some sort of pattern to movie titles like Chasing Amy, Raising Arizona (now Helen!), Stealing Harvard, Kissing Jessica Stein, Saving Silverman. Are there more? Who started this? What does this all mean? Where is the creativity? Help!

Kamat's Potpourri. The History, Mystery, and Diversity of India.

Curious George: Slashdot slashdotting itself? Might Slashdot be getting too big? The many fleeting news items posted daily bring upward of 1000+ replies. It escapes me what the motivation is to reply, when what one writes will be buried by hundreds of more replies in hours or vanish beneath a threshold. Can't a forum be too big? I'm not griping; I really want to understand! (On a slightly perpendicular note, 4758 reviews for this random Amazon bestseller -- why would one feel compelled to spend 15 minutes writing a review no one will be able to dig down to?)

Curious George: Music... Of the FUTURRRE See inside... more inside