Voices From Spirit Magazine, the national outlit for true Spiritism, and, the Awakening. Spiritism is an ancient Faith which its practitioners believe originated on an ancient world called Hades, and was brought to Earth over 500,000 years ago by the Survivors of a tragic war, that established colonies here on Earth, and later were destroyed in one final holocaust, which has been passed down in human legends as The Great Flood, or, Rain Of Fire. more inside

Contemporary graphic design meets porn. Obviously NSFW. more inside

Washington's Area 51. Built at a cost of over $1 billion in the 1950s, Mount Weather in the Virginia mountains is where key members from all branches would take control during a civil emergency. It is rumored to contain some of the most extensive underground structures in existence. While FEMA is open about its part, some conspiracy theorists call Mount Weather the future capital of an unelected government. Interestingly the public road nearby is to be routed away from the facility to expand the entrance. Also see a gallery on its sister, Greenbrier, which is now decomissioned.

The Desperado is a monkey; Long live Johnny Cash. [Flash, via MeFi] more inside

Anatomy of an Exhibition: Art Nouveau 1890-1914. An exhibition about an exhibition.

How Grammatically Sound Are You? Were You Paying Attention? WERE YOU?

"My Mind is a Web Browser" Autism fascinates me. Why? Because it causes such an alien way of thinking, of ordering the mad existence we call life. The author of the essay linked, Temple Grandin, is as close to an expert on autism as you'll find since, after all, she is autistic. more inside

Old Prom Pictures Damn prom was so awesome via SharpeWorld

Atmospheric Optics Ever wonder why the sun can look flattened at sunset? Or what a nacreous cloud is? You've heard of rainbows, but what about fogbows? more inside

Magnificent Offering Now Keeps Everybody Young The chain goes on (a little longer)... [more inside] more inside

Breakup Babe She describes her blog as "[t]he self-pitying yet witty rantings of a broken-hearted, boy-crazy, 30-something writer girl on the move (and on the prowl)." The blog started here, after a tough breakup where she had to see the guy everyday at work: "So I saw Loser in the hallway today and it was awful. I think because he seemed happy. And not only did I have to see him, I had to hear him, and the sound of his voice was a sense memory that cut like a scalpel more inside

Plastic surgeon arrested with stash of stolen mouths! Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci et al's classic, The Day Today, is released on dvd. Hurray! more inside

I'd like a stupid image to go with my motorcycle, please. Early 80s motorbike and biker related ads. Some are NSFW, all are truly cringeworthy. This is probably my favourite (and is SFW).

A Salzburg house with a design inspired by the VW Beetle. more inside

One man and his vasectomy Quite simply, a website tracking the progress of a man having a vasectomy operation. (Some images not safe for work) more inside

Simpsons replica house.

Opsound. Opsound is a record label using an open source, copyleft model, an experiment in practical gift economics, a laboratory for new ways of releasing music.

Day of welcome for EU newcomers more inside

The gorgeous Garden State teaser trailer Have fellow MoFites seen this yet? (Quicktime) Zach Braff of Scrubs fame wrote, directed, and starred in this film, with Natalie Portman costarring and looking like she's trying to put that whole Star Wars mess behind her. more inside

Sinclair Broadcasting Group censored a Nightline program Friday night, blocking eight major markets from receiving Ted Koppel's tribute to 721 American soldiers. This morning Sinclair's web site carried a heated statement against Nightline for presenting a "political agenda". But here's the kicker: four of Sinclair's top executives each have given the legal maximum of $2,000 to the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. Sinclair owns 62 TV stations, mostly in medium-sized markets.