Elf Attack! 'Tis the season. Some Friday Flash Fun for the monkeys stuck at work today. Happy Holidays!

Concert recordings from the 1960s to the current day. The vast majority of material in Wolfgang's Vault comes from the exquisitely preserved, original archives of Bill Graham Presents. more inside

Triplets born to UK woman with two wombs: no, this isn't a Monty Python sketch more inside

Young boy sings the "Queen of the Night" aria YouTube, found via a comment on MeFi more inside

Curious George: Property Line Rights The construction crew next door keeps leaving tools on my side of the line. Can I claim them as found property? more inside

The Robot Award 2006 announced their winners today. Paro and My Spoon were the top winners. [some links in Japanese] more inside

Robots Could Demand Legal Rights In other news, laughter can be heard in the vicinity of Asimov's grave.

RoboCoaster is an industrial robot re-purposed for thrills. The videos make it it look like fun. more inside

Test your musical skillz in 6 minutes! Can't carry a tune? Take the tonedeafness test and check your pitch perception ability. Can't dance? Take the rhythm test. (flash required)

Turkmenbashi is dead. Who are we going to make fun of now?

Baby + Xray Machine = ? Lady puts baby in airport x-ray machine. 'nuff said. newsstupidfilter. more inside

Who wants to know? Slate's Explainer presents the best (or worst?) of the questions received this year. One of them WILL be answered, but which one should it be? And which one was asked by our very own Captain?* *OK maybe he didn't ask any of them, but if he had, which one would it have been?

Superzoom: From The Universe to a Quark Having a bad day? Spilled marinara on your Great American Novel? Lost your glasses again? (Check on top of your head) - Don't worry, get some perspective. Like a visualization of the Universe that focuses in on the Milky Way, our Sun, Earth, etc.

Virgin Dragon Prepares to Give Birth A festive story with holiday spirit.

A Systems Engineering Approach to Dating and Relationships

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Random Word Generator No, not that one! Check out synonyms for awesome, diseases you don't want to have (you know, as opposed to diseases you want to have), and the ultimate MoFi mashup (apologies for random, dated selection). more inside

New books about Satan. And, what the hell, here's a bit more on the horned, cloven-hoofed fella. And some testimonials telling what happens when you go to visit him.

Curious George: Cool sounding words. Is there a lexicon of cool-sounding words that can serve as a title for an advanced version of a product? See inside... more inside

New-look Archie Comics A more 'contemporary, realistic' style for Archie comics - including longer storylines - is in the works. A sample page shows the lack of checkerboard hair for our protagonist; no word yet on what will happen to Jughead's hat. more inside