Curious birthday poetry George - A friend of mine has a birthday near. I'll gift her a poem for her to hear. I'm stuck for titles of such rhymes. I hope the monkeys can save me time. more inside

Is it time to link Russia and the f-word? The Economist says that the signs are worrisome. more inside

U.S. school bans tag fearing lawsuits. T.O. school banned talking during lunch.

The complete works of Charles Darwin online, free and searchable. Not just the published stuff, but some things that have never before seen the light of day, such as field notes including the notes he took on the Galapagos Islands. Enjoy, monkeys!

Masturbate for peace. Because you can't love others without loving yourself first. (Also, assume this is NSFW.)

"Your words are lies, Sir. They are lies that imperil us all." -- Keith Olbermann. (Crooks and Liars link; content available as txt, WMV and MOV.) more inside

Graphical representation of weighty matters. Such as: beer consumed vs. ability to pass in drag; size of inheritance vs. Grandma's access to slot machines.

How to Save Electricity, by Michael Bluejay. Terrifically useful information in an excruciating drink-from-the-firehose format. Check out the rest of the site for similarly interesting and well-informed writing packed into sprawling HTML table-based eyesores.

U.S. government looking at way to tax virutal game economies. Gee, what a great idea. Next, we should tax games of Monopoly. more inside

White Moose must die? There's a white moose on the loose in Norway. If you want a nice trophy for above the fireplace, lighten up the place a bit, better get going, 'cuz you can't do it here no more.

What if Google had an attitude and wanted to waste your time? Ms. Dewey pretty much fills the bill.

Hypothermia Hyperthermia Levels of Consciousness and Slush! more inside

Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas, has Fucking Had It with You, Man. Also: Conversations Overheard at the Suburban Neighbourhood Pool, if the Suburban Neighbourhood Pool was in Deadwood.

Santorum Explains Tolkien!

skunked? Curious George: cribbage quandary. more inside

Participation Inequality. In most online communities: - 90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, but don't contribute). - 9% of users contribute from time to time, but other priorities dominate their time. - 1% of users participate a lot and account for most contributions: it can seem as if they don't have lives because they often post just minutes after whatever event they're commenting on occurs. (And 0.1% just steal posts from MetaFilter.)

US Govt using acid during interrogations? Not that we're breaking the law, and even if we are, it's not against the law, and we'll do what we want because these people are 'enemy combatants' so screw you, Geneva convention.

The Defence of Duffers Drift "Now if they had given me a job,...like fighting the Battle of Waterloo, I knew all about that, as I had crammed it up..."

Monkey on your back! Like a ta-da list for someone else, only cuter and with monkeys. via 43 Folders

Curious George: Help me choose a font! I'm trying to pick a typeface for paper/PDF documentation to go with a scientific software program I wrote. The non-serif typefaces are a bit hard on the eyes for some of the longer paragraphs, but classic serifs (Garamond/Palatino/etc) look really messy when I write various commands in all-caps. Is there a font that is well-suited to what I'm trying to do? And yeah, besides Comic Sans.