Chavez Ravine: Poor Man's Shangri La Chavez Ravine—the lost Mexican American community near downtown Los Angeles where Dodger Stadium is now located. It was a main location for the Zoot Suit Riots. Residents were evicted when plans were made for a large public housing complex. The housing was never built when the man in charge was made to testify before HUAC for his socialist notions of public housing. more inside

Music-Map: The tourist map of music Pretty mainstream (no "The Harvey Girls", no "Teriyakis"), but fun to fiddle around with.

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It is a vibrator for your iPod, there I said it. The front page is kinda SFW. I didn't delve too deep into the site because, I am at work. more inside

Bicycle Tricks Must see. Embedded video. more inside

Sofa Stuck? We have noticed you have a small personal problem with sofas. You move them and get them stuck in hallways. But it's nothing a little math won't fix.

Dance Like A Monkey! From the upcoming New York Dolls album. Directed/animated by Dano Johnson and R. Don Smith (QuickTime; YouTube mirror)

Google has existed for : "We all love Google, but do you remember what life was like before Google? I know that is seems like a while ago, but it wasn't that long ago:" The Faq more inside

When Michael Powell's film 'Peeping Tom' was released in Britain in 1960, it was met with a wave of revulsion and was pulled from release, effectively ending the career of a genius who was the co-creator of undeniable classics such as 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp', 'A Matter of Life and Death' and 'The Red Shoes'. Why? more inside

Mario Brothers: The Flash Series. Alexander Leon has posted the long-awaited conclusion to his epic story. Direct links to parts I, II, III, IV, and V.

Want Gmail account! Beggarious G-mail George. I opened a gmail account some time ago but i lost track of it and never used it. It is lost in the woods somewhere gathering twigs for food. I want to open another one. I promise to take good care of it and feed it right. Could someone send me an invite. Puhleeze.

Crab people crab people tastes like crab talks like people more inside

Cross reactive allergens Forget about these if you are allergic to these. more inside

The Fizz Cup AMAZING NEW PRODUCT!! more inside

Fryers and flyers The efficacious use of vegetable products by sapient beings is impressive. Popeye and Olive Oyl rejoice.

US TV networks have lowest ratings ever. They say it was because it was the 4th of July weekend. However, let's see what was on US Netowrk television at 8pm eastern tonight: really crappy talent shows and a show searching for models. Sure, the holiday is to blame for the poor ratings. It has nothing to do with crappy look-a-like programming...

In da Bginnin While you may be aware of the ongoing project to translate a Klingon version of the bible, the curious Hieroglyphick Bible, and even the lovely children's Scratch and Sniff Bible Storybook, is the world ready for the SMS bible? more inside

Captain Kirk and crew sing Monty Python. So do the Cybermen from Doctor Who. The song of course is "The Knights of the Round Table".

Curious George and his Crocs. This Croc fad is all over the place (it exploded in Ontario back in the spring, putting us disturbingly behind Mississippi), but when did they show up in your neck of the woods? Did you cave to the comfort, or are you still calling them fugly? more inside

How I create My Space on the Web? Curious George : Wife has just given birth to a gorgeous little girl and of course the 1st thing I do is register her name as a .com. Thinking I'll post photo's, progress reports etc on there. But what do I do now to actually get a website up and running and pointed at this address? Instructions for an idiot please.