Homosexuality is shameful in Asia This news got me searching on the ubiquity of the phrase "Homosexuality is shameful", which lead me to this. Not being Asian (geographically and culturally speaking), I found it interesting reading. Perhaps you will to.

E-Closure allows people to post their breakup conversations anonymously online, for 'closure', rather than, say, 'revenge'. more inside

I don't get it

Roller Derby. more inside

Indie Comic Star and Illustrator recreates the X-Men The Doug Wright Awards given to Canadian comics and illustrators has an exclusive image by Seth more inside

David Bowie is very disappointed in you

Happy National High Five Day And no, that's not a euphemism.

Animal researchers start petition to allow 'silent majority' to support them. "The People's Petition" allows you to register your support for animal research in the UK.

It's a campaign for people who believe that this research, carried out under stringent animal welfare standards, is essential to the health and quality of life of humans and animals.

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Curious George: wearing in my boots is wearing my feet out! I love my 14-hole white Docs. But I've been trying to break them in for a year now and I still get blisters. more inside

To cell or not to cell ! All one requires is a cell phone which has numbers of a size one might see without the aid of ocular assistance, and that one may switch on to make and recieve 'phone calls. Add that it should be of a size which will not slide into miniscule areas of furniture thus requiring that one delve into the depths of same with surgical tongs in a vain attempt to extract the accursed device. Do others have a similar frustration?

Etymologic - try a quick multiple-choice guess-the-etymology game. Betcha don't know the origin of "Amazon".

Advertising only works on other people! A fantastic slideshow explaining semiotics, and the insidious(?) use of semiology in advertising. more inside

Quiet! Kang is Talking! Civil war re-enactors? No. Marvel Secret Wars Re-Enactors? YES. via youtube more inside

About Fucking Time more inside

William Shatner on Vegetarianism circa 1982. Direct link to .mpg (300Mb). via growabrain

For when quiddy's corpse just isn't good enough. Blokes doing it with dolls. (SFW, honest). ...over half work in IT or engineering. Arf!

Some handy tips on how not to argue online. Your mission: find at least one comment on MoFi that fits each category. Your time: less than thirty seconds. Your reward: everyone else's dirty looks.

Monkey Love for Sale

Archaeologists dig for pyramid in Bosnia.

Kill Your Television 2006 "Teacher! Mother! . . Secret lover!" (Homer Simpson) Yes Monkeyfans, TV Turnoff week approaches again (April 24 - 30), time for all you beer-swilling tube jockeys to switch off the idiot box for one of your 52 weeks. Research abounds, our 2004 and 2005 discussions have been lively and once again the stage is set: What is television's impact on culture? Are you affected by watching television? Lace up the gloves, strap on your cup and jump in to the Chomskyist McLuhanesque vortex that promises to be MoFi TV Smackdown 2006!