The following is a text that North Korea's dear leader Kim Jong-Il asked Yong-Hae Chang Heavy Industries to present. Dialectical sex and gender is not just one of my intellectual passions. It is also a national priority.

1000 or bust! Happy 1000th User Monkeyfilter! Let's have a party up in here! I brought the balloons. So uh...what now? more inside

100 million or bust! Apple launches iTunes 4.5 with a free song a day for the next eight days, and another little surprise: new downloads won't play if DRM code is stripped.

Ladies Unite! Kaguya was created with no father. It's the first time a mammal has been born via parthenogenesis. more inside

Make Your Own Soda! Stick It To The Soft Drink Cartels! Impress Your Friends This Summer! It is easy as pie and the neighbor kids will love it!

The merest bromide "Nasa is talking about the chemical sterilisation of astronauts on longer journeys," Dr Armstrong said, in a talk discussing the problems humanity may face in trying to reach the planets and, eventually, the stars more inside

Robbers Die Holding Up Suicide Bomber At Gunpoint Sometimes lifes like that ...

Can you get to the top of the mountain? I certainly bloody can't.

David Bowie is giving an Audi TT to whoever makes the best bootleg of his music. The winning track will also be released as a single. Go on, monkeys!

OTOFTC , a.k.a. Operation Take One For The Country, is a "virtual organization" made up of like-minded women, "We believe US service men and women deserve our support and we are willing to make caring choices about making them happy". SO TO SPEAK! < stands and salutes, and hands all of the like-minded women a banana > more inside

Kerry's new slogan? How about Bush's? The Advertising Slogan Generator.
first FPP to anything. ever.

Offally good - an artcle on the growing interest in the rest of the pig, or lamb, or cow, or... more inside

don't make me call the security-blimp, buster...
"For Akron, it's a very emotional thing."
newsfilter, i know, but it's just too surreal...

Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer. Just a quote or two about a Monkey's favorite subject--after power tools and bananas, that is. And for all you guys with a problem remembering your punctuation, here's a site that might help personalize it a bit. May be NSFW

Innocence is the sequal to one of the best anime movies ever made. It was among the first to combine computer rendered graphics with traditional cell frame animation. The work that's put into these two movies was/is incredible and makes for some of the most beautiful animation you'll ever see.

George Will Wipe His Glasses On You. A weird video of GWB wiping his glasses on an unaware "Late Show" staffer. (via BoingBoing.) Or, review GWB's lack of interest in the press with Bush to Press: "You're Assuming That You Represent the Public. I Don't Accept That." Now with a 20% higher Ook factor!

Mobiles phones are not usually seen in the West as a way of keeping in touch with God. But the growing popularity of communication technologies is providing a way for people in Asia to express their faith, say researchers.

Curious George: Philly attractions We're going to be spending some time in Philadelphia early next year (me, husband and kidlet) and although I spent a weekend in South Jersey a couple of years ago I don't know the area at all. Any suggestions of places to go/eat/take photos/watch the locals? It'll be midwinter, unfortunately, and we'll have an almost-two year old with us. more inside

Don't Toss That Cocktail Napkin! The Smithsonian Celebrates the Creative Process; How Doodles And Scribblings Are Transformed Into The Life-Changing Machines And Eternal Goods Of Our Century.

Bibleman! Take a washed up child actor, add the Word of God, and you've got a hit! Sort of.