Curious George: character reference letters in sentencing. This morning I find myself writing a character reference letter to a U. S. Dictrict Court chief judge, in the hope of tempering the sentencing of a friend of mine. more inside

27% of your job is vacation! If you're the POTUS that is. Spend time on your "family ranch"! Whittle! more inside

Show me that smile again. Kirk doesn't believe in evolution. His friends are willing to bet you can't prove it.

Worst. Job. Ever. Cleaning. Porn. Combine the two. We have a winner! [NSFW, via Fleshbot]

What's eating you?. And hey! more on that tongue stealer if you're interested.

Bored with your everyday weather report?

George Starostin's Classic Rock and Pop Album Reviews. Since we're talking about music. more inside

Hot and Juicy Letterhead Fonts!

London Booted. The DJ's over at Remix culture ground zero "Get Your Bootleg On" have completed a track by track reworking of The Clash's London Calling, with mixed results. more inside

4:20 [Flash, possibly NSFW, via Milk and Cookies.]

Buy a night with a pretentious Shakespearean actor! And many other silly things, to help fund the battle against cancer.

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Worst. Song. Ever. Top 10 (out of 100) Worst Songs Ever. Number One is more inside

Curious George: National Blog Poetry day Monkeys and the blog community at large, Not really a question but more of an idea. I had this thought today "Gee if i got blog writers to post in verse, I would be a hero!!" And then I thought "Well I wouldn't be a hero of any kind but its a cool idea." So I declare June 1st 2004 to be National Blog Poetry Day. How it works is this, find a cool link, then post the link within a verse that YOU wrote on any blog on June 1st, all bloggers are welcome to join and u got over a month to write these entries. Catch is, each poem MUST rhyme. There's no prize for the best one or anything, its for the fun of it. We read and comment as usual. Lymricks are welcome of course if u think u can do it. Have fun, Aaron

What Makes An American The Atlantic opens the vaults and pulls out this piece from the late 1930's. In it, Frenchman Raoul de Roussy de Sales follows in the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville and attempts to define what it is to be American. more inside

This is wonderful. It's monkeys with hats! What more can I say?

Campaign in the membrane: Using M.R.I.'s to See Politics on the Brain [NYT Link] He lay inside an M.R.I. machine, watching commercials playing on the inside of his goggles as neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, measured the blood flow in his brain.

I may be drunk, but tomorrow morning I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly. - useful phrases in multiple languages, to help promote understanding among the peoples of the world.

Sir Mix-A-Nemoy. Take this classic, add a certain popular piece of rap, a video editor, et voila!

Mimi Smartypants is afraid the opera will call her at 2am, drunk. Mimi Smartypants is not new, but her writing is terribly funny and fresh. She has an 18 month old adopted baby named Nora. Something that *is* brand spanking new is that she is participating in a weblog with others about their experiences with a particularly expensive ($38/bar!) brand of face soap. more inside