Malarious George...Are Humans Total Pussies? Are humans able to resist disease less well than other animals? Crude - really crude - example; cats, dogs and loads of other animals happily lick their own butts and are just dandy, while humans drop dead from minute amounts of E. coli in drinking water, and from any number of epidemic diseases caused by sewage-contaminated water. more inside

Today is Armistice Day (where I am it is anyway). I'll be spending a while browsing this site. A huge resource containing the fantastic and the humorous, as well as the tragic [graphic warning on that last one].

Curious George Invites. Ugh. more inside

C'était un Rendezvous Paris, 1968, early one August morning. A Ferrari 275 GTB, going up to 140mph, makes it from one side of the city to another in less than 9 minutes. I think I love the sound of the car more than the video. QuickTime 35MB, via jwz

The Annual Anglo-American Swearing Competition

The answer is yes "Can a worker be fired from his job because he believes in ghosts?" more inside

The comic art of R. Kikuo Johnson. Very interesting work from Fantagraphics. more inside

Bush amazes the US by borrowing more from foreign nations than all other US Presidents combined Throughout the first 224 years (1776-2000) of our nation’s history, 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions according to the U.S. Treasury Department. In the past four years alone (2001-2005), the Bush Administration has borrowed a staggering $1.05 trillion. more inside

Nevermind this bollocks. St. Martin's School of Art has installed a plaque honouring the very first gig by the Sex Pistols, thirty goddamn years ago. Or have they? more inside

Chalabi's Bullshit in DC observed, including candid Chris Hitchens vs David Corn in an elevator. Also this account of Chalabi's speech at the American Enterprise Institute. more inside

Vampirism 101: Classes are taught on this site which will give you an understanding of the emerging role of the genuine vampire, revealing the nature and lifestyles of real Vampires, not Goths. more inside

COMMENT .. ? A legal blow in support of masculine rights, think on!

King without his crown. (mov) "A Hasidic reggae sensation. It sounds like a sitcom setup that inevitably ends in "Now I’ve really seen it all!" And I’ll admit that when I saw Matisyahu for the first time, the gangly visage in a black suit and hat and traditional beard, combined with a voice perfectly trained for staccato wordplay, was as disorienting as Michael Bolton bustin' out with a rhyme that would make Jay-Z blush." - 3hive WMV link. 128k MP3 link. more inside

What's the problem, American Girl?

Texas bans marriage? In trying to ban gay marriage, did Texas just ban straight marriage? Here's the full text of the amendment voted in last night. (Boston Globe article - Dallas Voice article - some discussion on the wording)

My Brain Is Trying To Kill Me! No really. I suspected as much...apparently one can have a genetic predeposition to brain cells in the hippocampus being ordered to die prematurely. more inside

This Just In: Japanese television is still pretty fucked up. Google Video, SFW

Kitfisto makes it to BoingBoing Yes, first seen Here, waaay back on Sept. 21, our own, our very own kitfisto shows up on the loved and/or hated boingboing blog. Rock on you punter!

Really Mad Cow Amusing flash for you all, possibly NSFW. Be sure your speakers are on first though.

The Phantom Time Hypothesis - I read about this a couple of years ago but only had a .pdf document about it. more inside