As noted modestly by Capt. Renault and pointed to by Beeswacky in this thread (nearly three years old and still going strong), the U.S. has a new Poet Laureate: Charles Simic. more inside

Scrollovers are a way to quickly and easily add flare to your web pages, giving your users an experience they weren't expecting.

Padlocks attached to a lamp post on the Milvian bridge have become a popular love token for Romans. The custom, possibly originating in Florence, has grown rapidly following a film of this book, which features it. The mayor is not amused. There is a Valentine's Day prize, presented on the bridge, for the best amorous text or email.

Curious George, <i>start spreadin' the news!</i> Me and SMT have tentatively agreed to a MoFiNYC meetup when I'm in town Oct. 5th-8th (Canadian Thanksgiving weekend). Anybody else in?

Don't Tread on the Beaver. The inevitable war between Canada and Russia inches forward, with this stern warning to the world's most recent superpower: "Last month Ottawa said it would build up to eight patrol ships" !!!!!! That's right! Up to EIGHT! Holy Molson, Batman!

Chelsea Clinton and her mom's presidential candidacy.

What Metahumans are operating in your area?

Marvel Comics vs. Science: 5 of the Most Absurd Superhero Origins

Newsfilter: Bridge collapses over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Hell, one of my most dear friends drove over 10 minutes before it happened.

Where's Molly? is a documentary about one man's search to find his sister, who'd been institutionalized nearly 40 years before. At the time, families regularly institutionalized children with a variety of disabilities on the advice of doctors and other 'experts.' more inside

Curious GWB A book for big kids.

'The Living Intestine' - As an underwater videographer, Jay Garbose has captured images for National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. But he had never seen anything like this before. "This is a first," he says, "and I've traveled and videoed all over the world.." more inside

CBS Reported Flight 93 Crashed Into Camp David. Newly uncovered video footage compiled from CBS News reports on the day of September 11th, 2001 shows the news agency reporting that United Airlines Flight 93 had actually crashed into Camp David. These reports are extremely odd considering the fact that Camp David is approximately 90 miles away from Shanksville Pennsylvania in Somerset County where the official story states that the flight actually crashed. Insane tinfoil hat paranoia? Or ...?

It is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, among others. Stellarium is a 3D star map that lets you zoom in, zoom out, go back and forth in time, track the stars and planets, and change from that pesky Greco-Roman Zodiac to the Inuit constellations to which you're more used to.

20mph petrol-driven rollerblades.

I used to be someone else, but I traded him in. The day after Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, director of Blow-Up and The Passenger is dead at 94.

Freebase Crepes... Self explanatory, really.

Observations and research show that Bonobos are more than just "hippie chimps". This long article describes sex and tension, finger biting, and murder among these great apes.

Chirp Chirp It's Summer, it's hot, and I'm at the keyboard with all the windows open, listening to cricket sounds. On similar nights when I lived in Alabama, the night was filled with the din of tree frog calls. And as a kid in Chicago, I heard the Summer cicadas. What music scores the night in your neck of the woods?

George Carlin nails it.