Curious George Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, some 76 years ago, which means his works are now in the public domain, right? Well, yes and no. more inside

Curious George: My computer puts out some pretty annoying static on the audio line. more inside

The rewards of being goth. While goths may be more likely to engage in self-harming behavior, they may also be more likely to grow up to be successful professionals. [via Mind Hacks]

This may be the single greatest Fark thread ever. it may also be slightly NSFW more inside

It's not the worst bad thing he's done, but perhaps the funniest Dubya subpoenaed by the RIAA for pirating music. The video where he shoots himself in the iFoot.

The Hole in the Wal ...So what's going to be the trigger* sending the American Economy down the toilet? Peak Oil? The Housing Bubble? China calling in its debts? We've discussed all these before so now it's time to consider: Wal-Mart Cutting Inventories by $6.5 Billion. Yep. We doomed. *or should I say flush-handle? more inside

Deism Defined .. On arrival at Hate, flowed on to Deism. One is lost for comment but is sure there are those who will apply the appropriate.

Ice Falls For the second time in a week, a huge chunk of opaque white ice has fallen from the sky in California. Freak airliner accident proponents over here, Secret military testing proponents over here - and Global Warning proponents on this side. Ok, go.

Censored Wikipedia Articles Appear On WikiTruth A group of disenchanted Wikipedia administrators have been retrieving articles deleted by Jimbo Wales or other higher-ups. Now they're putting them back up on a website for everyone to see.

Finding a killer's internet history: a young girl was murdered in Purcell, Oklahoma, by her neighbor. Now people are digging up her (alleged) killer's internet identities, partially out of pure train-wreck interest, partially to see if he left clues to his future behavior behind. more inside

Essay in the "New Yorker" magazine by Steve Martin on his realtionship with his father, written after his father's death.

Really Really Curious George; Sid Killed By His Mum? Tried like hell to find any other information online about this but could not. Here's the story; saw an hour-long documentary last night called Sid Vicious: The Last 24 Hours, which apparently is part of a UK series. more inside

Two German tourists who say they have taken a photo of the presumed extinct Tasmanian Tiger, the Thylacine, have returned to the state in a bid to prove the images are legitimate.

Draw a face And it will be added to all the others. These will then be rendered into the mean (average, not stingy or angry) face. (Flash-based.)

Sing a simple song. (warning, noise, lameness)

In Search of the Real Dracula For the true believer, the boundaries between Bram Stoker's creation and historical fact have become blurred, like all great legends. Many people believe that the immortal count was based on a real person: a medieval Romanian warlord called Vlad Tepes, also know as "Vlad the Impaler" and "Vlad Dracula." Was this famous national hero the man behind the legend?

Why Did The British Spaz? Tiger Woods landed in hot water after he made this comment in a post-round interview with CBS at the Masters Tournament: "I was so in control from tee to green, the best I've played for years... But as soon as I got on the green I was a spaz." more inside

Baby walruses are dependent on their mothers for their first two years, but the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice may be forcing walruses to abandon their young in deep water. Also here. more inside

Global Corruption Report 2006. From Transparency International, "the global coalition against corruption." Lots and lots of info. This year there's a special focus on health care corruption, including reports entitled The causes of corruption in the health sector (.pdf) and Corruption in the pharmaceutical sector (.pdf). Also, reports on corruption in countries from Algeria to Venezuela (two downloads: A to K (.pdf) and M to Z (.pdf)). Plus, much, much more! more inside

The BBC's ranked list of rudeness. Rude words and their rudeness valence. According to the Beeb Beeb Ceeb.