Curious George: And now... the thread we've all been waiting for... well, at least the more lascivious of those among us: SHOW US YOUR ASS TATT! Or any (insert other body part here) tatt, for that matter. SideDish's famous ass tatt starts us off, brought to us courtesy of IggySlut!

TheAmerican Military Operation Name Generating Device "

I have a lot of questions about the Berg assassination video. I'm glad to see someone else has also. Like...why didn't Berg struggle more when the killers applied the knife? Why is the tape edited in such strange ways? Lots of other weird things I hadn't considered.

EU, UN Betray World Folding under pressure from the Bush Administraion and following lasts weeks capitulation by the EU, the United Nations formally backs genetically modified food, citing "it hasn't spread fast enough".

Getting Drunk to Cure Breast Cancer I'm all for supporting your favorite charity, but the disturbing bourgeois trend of partying for a good cause seems a bit unseemly to me. As they say over in EviteLand, "It's up to us to fight breast cancer and I think a good night of drinking just might do the trick!!"

A vote for Kerry is a vote for boobies: "Alexandra Kerry, daughter of John Kerry, left movie fans gasping at the Cannes Film Festival in her daring see-through dress." (All links NSFW, as they show thinly-veiled breasts.)

Curious, George: Give me your rights! I've got an idea for a story I'd like to write, but it's loosely based on (i.e., uses a character from) a copyrighted song. Does anyone know how to contact an artist/agent to ask permission to use copyrighted material? If it's throught the agent, how do you locate the artist's agent?

Curious George: Greetings, monkeys! I've been overseas for a week and missed all of you. My question: The man whose name is tattooed on my ass has just accepted a job in D.C. Hurray! But he's going to miss Europe terribly; he's lived in Germany for nearly a decade. Anyone know of any good resources (books, Web sites, personal advice, etc.) to help expats adjust to life back home?

Kids fight cancer in Ben's game. The videogame, created in part by young cancer sufferer Ben Duskin, provides players with an insight into cancer treatments while allowing sufferers a way to relieve some of the pain and stress involved with treatment. The enemies include standins for such sideffects as barfing, fever and hair loss.

Monkey man robs milk bar. [Via Fark.]

Smarter than most? Get along with others particularly well? As usual, you're too modest.

Speed Cup Stacking My offering for official game of monkeyfilter.

Ach! My retirement grease! Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants. If you have to ask about the Simpsons reference. . .

Cicadas are dangerous? Several children fell off bikes, Baker said. "We had a concussion, a 9-year-old who was fleeing a cicada on her bicycle and fell off," he said. But Brood X members of a friendlier demeanor really love children.

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The Gladiatorial Games in surviving descriptions; in lurid Fifties pulp prose; as reenacted today.

Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots There hasn't been a MoFi mashup post in a while, so... let the "This isn't music" discussion begin!

Here we go again: my E-mail box is getting copies of one of those poorly-written all-caps chain letters suggesting a May 19 gas boycott. What is sad is that some people I know are among those cc'ing it, and I know it's hopeless to even bother suggesting something meaningful like carpooling or selling that damn Dodge Durango. A glimmer of hope: the soaring costs are just now starting to hurt SUV sales, according to an industry report. I'll leave you with this stinger left by one poster, epitomizing the futility of a boycott: "I am definitely in on the boycott. I will get enough gas [to get through May 19] today or tomorrow."

Shocking! A do it yourself stun gun:

When you live in fear-driven times such as these, having grown up with MacGyver as a role model has its advantages. Kevin and I thought it would be cool to MacGyver our own shocking device in glove form, using simply what we had lying around the house. What was lying around the house was a simple one-time-use camera.

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The Tale of the Remake of Zatoichi With Takeshi Kitano's promising new version of the Zatoichi saga due in U. S. theatres on June 7, why not revisit the inimitable classic films, which chronicle the story of a blind masseuse who avenges injustice with swordsmanship learned from a samurai. You can rent the films on DVD, or if you have the Independent Film Channel here in the U. S., you can catch the Zatoichi-thon on June 21.