Peanuts, by Charles Bukowski. On Progressive Boink, but found via usenet.

Plants for a Future I was poking around wikipedia reading up on native Inca cuisine when I stumbled across this site. It's a searchable database of underutilized edible, medicinal, and otherwise useful plant species.

Froot loops unite! This website is a rock solid website. It is about business, money, investments, and New World Order, One World Government, Banks, Blue Country, Orange Country, Brown Country, Green Country, Gold Country, Purple Country and Green Country. more inside

David Bolinsky talks about truth and beauty in science, particularly on the molecular level (flash video). One of the medical animators who worked on Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a Cell (previously), he also provides some commentary about the first three minutes of the Cellular Visions animation. more inside

Curious George goes to Homecoming . Remember High School? Remember Homecoming? more inside

Our Photoshop Skillz suck This guy might just be omnipresent.

METALOCALYPSE - DETHWATER more inside

RIGHT VS LEFT I'm able to view a change of direction at will. Which one are you?

Ron Mueck is a former special effects artist and muppet designer turned hyperrealist sculptor. His process is complex(large video warning, dialup users beware), but the results are impressive. (Only first link guaranteed SFW.) more inside

5 months in jail. But dude, the ostrich totally beat him up first!

LTH Forum a Chicago based culinary chat site. Many reviews with photo goodness. Curious George - What's the best restaurant review site in your town?

The appendix has a purpose, after all... It produces and protects good germs for your intestines. YAY! Now that's sorted out, let's all vote on what the new most pointless part of the body is.

Basketball Jones. "I wouldn't be talking to you if it wasn't for basketball," Jim Jones Jr. says. "It spared my life." The words are not an empty cliché. They are true. Basketball kept this family alive, and now [his son] Rob and basketball are helping restore honor to the family name. Why? Because the name "Jones" can be found in the history books and in news coverage from 29 years ago, linked to an infamous place called Jonestown.

Fundamentalists Hate Noah's Ark - The story of Noah and the Ark leaves much to be desired, from many different fields of knowledge.

Lights Out was a suspense and horror radio show that had its debut in 1934. It was one of the first shows to develop distinct sound effects and scripts specifically aimed at an audience that could only listen and not watch the action. more inside

Bookjetty is an integration platform that helps you search Amazon (.com, .co.uk and .ca) for books you want... to borrow from your local library. It covers over 300 libraries worldwide, using the Z39.50 client server protocol. more inside

Free Burma October 4th is International Bloggers' Day for Burma more inside

Reason #681 for loving Jon Stewart.

Play with your food The Art of Food Carving as collected by Ivan Minic. Some very pretty and intricate stuff to be found here. If you prefer something larger, there's always watermelon carving. The Egg Man prefers to carve and sculpt eggshells of different kinds. I'm especially fond of his filigree eggs. more inside

Any of you chaps up for tea & scones? October 21 or 22? more inside