Five years later and the site is full of weirdos lovely people.

Why buy the cow? 27 popular websites that became books. more inside

Without further ado...the gullet mullet.

Big rise in Spam

Hmmm - perhaps they should try offering imported orbweavers?(link mildly NSF arachnophobes*). more inside

The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See. [Via]

Fourth century greek humour. A strange flash edition of an even stranger fourth century Greek joke book called Philogelos: The Laugh Addict. more inside

Man mails himself out of prison

Second Life affair ends in divorce. Because it's Friday and I'm bored and I'm trying to run down the clock. [Stolen from teh Wonk.]

The Gehry-renovated AGO opens today. The Art Gallery of Ontario is set to show off its new expansion and renovation today, a very restrained work by Frank Gehry. Reviews so far have been positive. [Vid] [360 scrolly-thingy] more inside

Curious George: Hip Business Name? I need help coming up with a new name for my handcrafted jewelry business. It needs to be hip, and Monkeys are the hippest people I know. more inside

Welcome to SecureOurDream.com -- the wesbite of Joe the Plumber. You'd think that a plumber could get a series of tubes workin', but whatcha gonna do?

Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family has an unhappy weirdo death pact in their own way.

Is your cat plotting to kill you? . Take the quiz. Just don't let the c-a-t see you doing it. stolen from The Blue

Mitch Mitchell has died. more inside

bath time kitteh [YouTube link]

Google Earth Ancient Rome more inside

Moon Wish (lovely small flash game)

Celebrity Apes. Both crap and scary at the same time.

Note to self: open random suitcases. In addition they have been known to yield small sums of gold, a handful of gems, a magic scroll or the occasional rocket propelled exploding kobold to the face...