Alistair Cooke dead at 95. I loved his Letter from America, which you could hear on the BBC World Service. More insightful than anything you'll find in the US. I'm going to really miss this guy. I think I'm getting choked up.

TELL ON TEENS is a resource intended to help reduce the illegal, inappropriate and malicious conduct of teens, "a service developed for the public to specifically report the inappropriate behavior of our youth."

Holy Flurking Schnitt! Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants. That's right folks, you're under arrest. That'll teach you to make eye contact with authority. more inside

Obsolete Occupations Medieval And Obsolete English Trade And Professional Terms

Curious, George: philosophy/policy behind promoting monkeyfilter.com . I notice we reached the 800 member mark a couple of days ago after about 4 months in operation. This is a good start, but I and was wondering whether further effort couldn't be made to propogate the site. more inside

Super Dickman! How much ofd this chocolate foamy kiss can you fit? [Entirely SFW] more inside

Club the penguin and see how far it goes in this bizarre german game. [FLASH] I appologize in advance if you don't find it as entertaining as I did.

405 Two guys, a couple computers, some off the shelf software, and three and a half months. Damn.

Your intractable geopolitical issues resolved. Free of charge.

Yo! MTV Raps! videos from Dream Chimney. Grandmaster Flash, MC Lyte, Eric B and Rakim, EPMD... Def beats, yo!

Intifada Snapshot A discerning view from ground level at the state of the Isreali-Palestinian conflict at this instant.

Khaan! Stupid, I know, but I keep on laughing. Found at The Ultimate Insult. [Flash]

Curious, George: Monkey Madness at the Minneapolis Mefi Meetup? Lord help me, I'll probably attend. Any north-central United Statesian or south-central Canadian Mofites out there fancy a trek to Mpls? Or am I the only one who lives in this neck of the woods? hellooooo?

Elephant encyclopedia. [Via The Cartoonist.]

The Idiots Guide To... Australia, Great Britain, The Soviet Union, France, Japan, and The USA. (Flash) more inside

10 Worst album covers of all time. Although, to be fair I think the list should include at least one example of mid 70's airbrushed dragons/solar systems/unicorns/busty women in an animal pelt bikini holding a large sword.

Anti-Killer Robots. Recently a squad of killer robots crashed and burned, but AFP is reporting today on a robot which is programmed to save lives, not end them. more inside

Biking in Chernobyl. A Russian woman goes on a motorbike trip through Chernobyl and the surrounding area. She takes some truly amazing pictures, demonstrating the unimaginable impact to the Russian way of life, both on a huge and a human scale. Definitely worth bearing with the broken English.

Froogle. Smart shopping through Google. more inside

You have disgraced yourself/your family/your country/your employers, and now it's time for seppuku ... but please, don't call it "hari kiri", or you may have to do it twice.