Curious George: Do You Know How It Feels? Does anyone know the identity of the man...woman...PERSON that appears around 2:44? I'm googled out and am looking for little humpables to help me out.

Sainte Marie among the Hurons, 1639-1649. At the time, Sainte Marie was the largest European settlement west of Montreal. Home of the Canadian Martyrs and a famous Christmas Carol, it served (much later) as the basis of an excellent film. In 1649 the village was burned to prevent its loss to the Iroquois, and the inhabitants moved to Christian Island before returning to Quebec. Yesterday, starting with a fire in the smithy, the village burned again.

Vespa pin-up girls A site with Vespas! And pin-up girls!

Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passive detection of aircraft by picking up the noise of the engines. It was rendered obsolete before and during WW2 by the introduction of radar, which was far more effective. The Sound Mirrors Project attempts to reinvent this technology for the 21st Century with the help of modern age communications. See this page (via this post) for more information on sound mirrors.

Coleridge family sells out.

Make that pussy work for its treats. Yep, a one-link post about cats.

Curious George. A video quagmire on an iBook. more inside

Nobody's ever said Saddam ordered up the attacks via homunculus

Curious George: moving to the Philippines What should I be aware of? more inside

But what about all those exploding cigar gags? Turner Broadcasting has agreed to edit scenes from classic cartoons shown on its Boomerang Classic Cartoons Network to remove sequences that glamorize smoking. more inside

911 Cover Up Video A little something has been previously mentioned, but this low-budget, one-hour-twenty-minute Google video makes a couple of claims that are interesting at least. Previously on "Monkey Wing: conspiracy theories, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theory part deux, and conspiracy theories" more inside

Why do they hate our freedoms? In which it is argued that many of the problems within the muslim community are self-made, providing a fertile ground for populist leaders. The floor is open for discussion.

Curious George: Identifying Weeds. A weed in my backyard spent this summer growing an inch a day. I've googled plenty, but can't seem to find any good sites to help me figure out what it is! Can any monkeys point me in the right direction? more inside

In the News Watchers of the news on Swedish SVT on Sunday were <insert emotion here> to see a Czech hard porn film in the background. more inside

Cat Grill YA lame one-photo post from your cheeziest monkey.

How can they live there? We've all seen the houses that butt right up to a freeway or railway line and wondered how people can live there. The NYT interviews several families who live in these types of places to see what it's like.

The day I found out I was an adult Indigo

Giant 29lb 12oz hamburger more inside

Tiny Animals on Fingers. Flickr gallery, via Cute Overload. also, probably from mefi, but I didn't actually find it there, honest

Man wants op to remove extra organ more inside