Neato tunes! I thought that monkeydom might enjoy this page of mp3 goodies. Cool, weird music for you and your loved ones.

On the importance of Turkmenistan. Monkeys know and love the comic-opera dictatorship that is, when viewed from a safe distance, Turkmenistan. But did you know who Turkmenbashi has been hobnobbing with recently? Or why? The great game is being played there, with momentous consequences.

Vintage Chinese Calendar Cards

How to cook ramen noodles (Embedded YouTube video)

Somebody drilled a hole in a Florida nuclear reactor's cooling system pipe. Nobody knows who. Or why. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Meanwhile the DHS has arrested a little old lady in Arkansas for boarding a plane with a nailfile. We are all guilty.

The Orochen Foundation seeks to preserve the culture, language and identity of one of China's smallest ethnic groups. The Orochen were among the last hunter-gatherers in what is now the People's Republic. Post 1949 they were settled, and are losing their traditional culture as their way of life changes and outsiders move in to their homeland. more inside

Do you like Bananas? So do we. Do you like growing things? So do we. Well, now you can enjoy the Banana Farm Greenhouse. "It includes everything you need to get started growing banana trees of your own: banana tree seed pack, greenhouse, stones, planting mixture, instructions, info sheet and of course, a cute little decorative monkey." more inside

Jesus never walked on water, he walked on ICE! My mind blew at the randomness of this.

Bonobo's Bongos - very silly fun! Repeat the rhythm your bonobo buddy has just played on the bongos. Via.

Like hockey fights? Like hockey goons ? Then check out the Worst. Goons. Ever. more inside

Rats...ON A PLANE!!! With all of the (insert animal here) on a plane hubbub, I found this amusing.

From The Truth Makes for Strange Fiction Dept.: A new graphic novel called The Five Fists of Science has Twain and Tesla trying to save the world from Edison and J.P. Morgan -- a bizarro mix of truth and fiction, where the truth does most of the bizarring. (pdf preview available here, on a wonky connection.) Edison and Tesla, mano a mano! Tesla and Edison, battling for our future, in the past! Think that's scary, kids? AwROOOOoooOOOOooOO!

Stop at Red - let's pledge and make a better world. more inside

Gospel of Judas discovered. The verdict? Jesus was just all right with him. Neato. NYT, reg, &c.

Used Without Permission George - I've somehow appeared inside Black, an XBox game, in a cutscene featuring two photographs a friend of mine took of me in an abandoned psychiatric ward. These photographs were used without permission or knowledge of either me or my friend, and we are curious if there is anything to be gained from making a big deal of this? Special note, we were trespassing. Or urban exploring, if you like...

Statistics visualized in a map. Worldmapper takes statistical information and presents it in a world map. Just a bit of fun.

Curious George the trickster. We've done the monkey census, we've done the self-post filter -- but a larger question remains: what's your special talent? What party trick can you perform that would amaze and astound us, your fellow simians? more inside

Johnny Gets the Word

Spelling poems! Herewith a collection of poems dedicated to the trainwreck that is English spelling. more inside

Curious George: Dallas Monkeys? Two weeks from tonight (Thu April 20), me and Ufez are going to take a crack at drying up Deep Ellum. Anybody want to help out?