Oh, it's Monty Python. Here be - well, not dragons, tho certainly there must be some dragons - but here be 88 mini-films of Monty Python, clickable by thumbnail.

Just in case you wanted to see 207 million dollars in cash. I guess he was some kind of drug dealer. I couldn't stop looking at the picture. (Washington Post, may require registration)

Fat is contagious? New York Times link. Registration required.

Satan's Taxicab San Francisco Taxi Medallion Number 666 has been causing problems for its owner. However his request to have his medallion number changed has been denied. more inside

In defense of dangerous ideas by Steven Pinker.

Curious George has a fool for a client? I got another speeding ticket today, with a "no insurance card" bonus. Anyone ever fight a ticket themselves? How'd you do it? more inside

Famous poems rewritten as limericks ... which they're having a ball with over on the blue. Have at it! more inside

A British view of computers (youtube). A British film about computers from 1969.

Space Winos - Alcohol in Star Trek more inside

Rice - it's not just for sushi. Much speculation (see here for instance) that these are photoshopped. But apparently not.

"The motorcycle has always been a phallus substitute"

The Brainless Civil Servant.

Haruo Suekichi, maker of Steampunk Watches

Mmmm .. STRING! Just loved Chapter Five, but Chapter Two and Chapter Three are pretty hot too.

The laugh out loud cats were a comic strip produced by Aloysious Koford from 1912 to 1913. It detailed the adventures of Meowlin Q. Kitteh and his sidekick pip, as they fled invisible cops, made stew (but ended up having eated it,) and discovered their own flavr.

"They're jealous -- it gives a great shower,"

100 Open Source Downloads and 100 Open Source Tools, Resources, and Template Sources.

Curious George: Sucking it up Hi, I am boring. My vacuum cleaner motor blew up and I can't abide a dirty floor, so I'm planning to buy a replacement tomorrow (#2 had a look at the motor but it's a cheapie designed to die after 5-7 years). We looked online at possible replacements but it's surprisingly difficult, because I am good at making things difficult. more inside

Norman Mailer vs. Rip Torn. In 1970, Norman Mailer directed and starred in a controversial film called Maidstone, which blurred the lines between fiction and reality -- especially the day after the shoot ended, when Rip Torn attacked Mailer with a hammer. (You can view the attack, and the fight that resulted -- which may or may not have been staged -- in the first link.)

It's official. Bush is a dictator. US coup D'etat a reality. The White House has made the Constitutional Crisis official: the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges against an official invoking executive privilege -- even if it's blatantly illegal. stolen directly from the Blue. Spiderwire's post more inside