BBC sez Indian men have tiny dicks. more inside

Toys from Eaton's in the catalogues of the now defunct Canadian department store. more inside

What Statistics on Home Sales aren't telling us. ...Another house, just steps from Naples Bay, received a high bid of $880,000, compared with $1.35 million a year earlier. On average, the bids suggested that the houses at the auction had lost about 25 percent of their value since 2005 . Is this the first sighting of the long-predicted and discussed collapse of the bubble?

Camille advises Britney Camille Paglia (who like Hitchens, is a bit past the peak of her career), weighs in on Britney Spears and how all of her recent twat flashing for the camera is "degrading the entire pro-sex wing of feminism". In Us magazine. more inside

Historigore! Mel Gibson creates a new film genre. "Within the first five minutes of the movie, someone eats a testicle. At the time, this graphic display was shocking and repulsive (Gibson employs very able FX people), but somewhere after the heart chewing and around the second beheading, I longed for the halcyon days of the testicle appetizer. We were so young then. " Somedays I just love the CBC.

Distortrait is where famous people come daily for a makeover.

Actual note produced by highschool girls found in arizona cafeteria. more inside

Ripoff-ee or ripoff-er? What is the rental market in your neighbourhood? Are you paying too much? Charging too little? This handy tool will tell you how you compare!! (US, Canada, and London only.) No claim made for the accuracy of this website!

Critiquing the critics NYCFilter: "Everyone’s a critic, but some professional reviewers have the power to shape NYC culture—and for the first time, these tastemakers have been rated by the artists and industry insiders who know them best." more inside

Call that a knife? The new Swiss Army knife contains 85 devices, weighs 2lb and costs nearly £500. But can you actually use it for anything?

Fun With Hirsuitism Reminded me of those Chiapets... Write message on a hairy back! Kinda makes me think of an angora bunny, and then pause for a moment and wonder if anyone's ever spun and knit human hair...

Carve that critter! There are many delicate bits about a calf's head, and when young, perfectly white, fat and well dressed, half a head is a genteel dish, if a small one. more inside

A Rakish History of Men's Wear at the NYPL The intriguing story of how menswear swung between ostentation and restraint until the early modern era. more inside

St Nicholas' feast day was yesterday. Hope you had a good one. more inside

Bactrian gold. Feared lost when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the 21,000 pieces were discovered safe inside a vault of the Afghanistan bank protected by a key fragment purposefully broken off in the lock. A sample of the collection is currently on display in Paris.

Farts spark emergency landing

Dog poo as artistic statement. Via jafproject. more inside

The Hitch explains it all for you: Why women aren't funny edition Taking time out from his usual defenses of the Bush administration's foreign policy (but let us not speak of that!) and his attacks of Mother Teresa, professional contrarian and alcomaholic Christopher Hitchens lays out the facts on why the ladies are deficient in teh funny.

New Poet Laureate for Canada. John Steffler fills the post.

Democrats hate families? Next year, members of the House will be expected in the Capitol for votes each week by 6:30 p.m. Monday and will finish their business about 2 p.m. Friday, Hoyer said. "Keeping us up here eats away at families," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says." Work Monday through Friday? OMG WTF?! more inside