A paradise may soon be lost. The island of Guimaras, known for its natural splendor and rich coral reefs, faces disaster: An oil spill from a sunken tanker is endangering this place, a home to threatened species of dugong and green and hawksbill turtles. more inside

All the Goon Shows, all the time.

The Yes Men "have impersonated some of the world's most powerful criminals at conferences, on the web, and on television, in order to correct their identities." Yesterday, a federal housing official spoke to the attendees of the Gulf Coast Reconstruction and Hurricane Preparedness Summit. The topic of his speech was his department's mission to ensure affordable housing is available for those who need it. "This year, in New Orleans, I'm ashamed to say we have failed," he said. That should've been their first clue that the speech was a hoax. more inside

Platypus Comix- Home of a trove of wonderful cartoons comic strips and art, including my favorites- non-anthologized original Bloom County Strips and The Bloom Picayune, and unpublished Watterston stuff. And a whole lot of other retrolicious stuff too, like Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, and MTV's top 20 videos for 1984

A tribute to Gail, the West Wing goldfish. Gail's bowl is the setting for private on-set jokes, apparently. Those jokes, funny or not, are listed here. For you. Enjoy.

Curious George - Full Sized DVD Camcorder? Needed: a camcorder that records directly to full size DVD, and not that mini-DVD 3" format. We need the big one. Not the mini. more inside

Federal Judge Says Video Games Are Just Like Fine Literature Oh, and Louisiana can't ban Grand Theft Auto.

Walkenclips, for when you just need the wise words of the man who asked for more cowbell.

Yale Shmale. Lakehead University is using Bush as a negative example in their new ad campaign. more inside

Animusic Rocks. My dull monday morning has been brightened up by the fun musical 3d animations of the Animusic company which specializes in 3D Computer Graphic music animation. And thanks to Youtube you can check out how awesome this stuff is. more inside

Curious Cyber-fashion George With more high-tech fabrics being developed - what item of clothing or accessory are you hanging out for? more inside

A lost love letter purported to be from poet John Betjeman turns out to have an altogether different message for one of his feuding biographers, the somewhat controversial AN Wilson.

Nucular War! Why didn't anyone tell me that a third part of the people will be killed over a fourth part of the Earth on September 12, 2006? This is information I would have liked to have had, and now I am angry! That leaves me only a little more than two weeks to spend all of my money, charge up my credit cards, and beat the living crap out of people I don't like. more inside

Who is Kilgore Trout? Kilgore Trout. bn: 1907 (to American Parents) in Bermuda where he attended Grammar School until his father's job with the Royal Ornithological Society ended and they moved to Dayton, Ohio. Married & divorced 3 times, he has one child, Leo, a Vietnam Veteran. By 1974, Trout had written 117 novels & 2,000 short stories. "Venus on the Half Shell," Kilgore Trout's masterpiece, contains therein the legend of The Space Wanderer, Simon Wagstaff. A man of virtual immortality. "Without immortality, the universe is meaningless," he said."Ethics, morality, society as a whole are just means to get through life with the least pain. They can all be reduced to one term: economy."

Cheese on tour Congratulations! - you've made it to the Web's number one site for pictures of cheese in famous places.

Sorry Princess But you'll have to wait until your 18th Birthday before Daddy can buy you new boobs. more inside

The Arty Bees Cabinet of Curious Bibliophilia Featuring such fine titles as What Bird Did That? (yes, that), The Truth About Fonzie (I don't want to know) and Jammin' ("If you can stand up on skates, you can "get down" on them.") more inside

Belgian Farting Pig. Need I say more? (google video)

Save Gas, Drive a BLOOD CAR In the near future gas prices have reached astronomical highs nearing $40 a gallon. One man, Archie Andrews, an environmentalist elementary school teacher, is trying to discover an alternate fuel source. While experimenting with wheat grass, Archie accidentally stumbles upon a solution. That solution turns out to be blood. HUMAN BLOOD! more inside

Talk about shrinkage. They say "pollution". I say "frelling cold water". But while we're on the subject. More wacky news. And who could forget. /farkfilter