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Stop! I'm under arrest! I had always thought that self-arrest was best performed with an ice axe. Nice to see a PD with a public sense of humor. [via B3ta]

NY Times Article On Jobsite Deaths I always thought that OSHA was a joke. This article just confirms my suspicions. more inside

JESUS IS BORN! (Via Blort)

Do you like rollercoasters? Probably not as much as this guy. As well as developing rollercoaster simulation programs, he actually went and spent $5,500 building his own. Takes all sorts.

Most Obvious New Kids Exercise Yet... continued The old thread seems to have problems loading and that gives me separation anxiety. more inside

Fly Guy. (Nutritious Shockwave Fun!)

Only one man's interpretation of Christmas music has really made me merry this year. I had originally planned something longer and rantier about commercialization of Xmas music, but the hell with that. I'm addressing Christmas cards and listening to the best version of "What Child is This" I've heard. The Trio's music evokes a lot of good memories from my childhood; the excitement of Santa's visit, the weeks before Christmas where we'd see relatives from far-away places and make cookies, construction paper snowflakes, pipe-cleaner angels, popcorn garlands and many other craft ornaments and, of course, the presents. Most interesting to me is the intensity of these seasonal experiences, while the remembrance of the material aspects of gift-getting is much more muted.

Monkeys! Juice up and get ready to outsmart the pesky humans

An AP wire for simians. Monkeywire ("the premier source of monkey and apes news") culls the news services for monkey-related articles (such as ape aromatherapy, celebrity monkey abuse, various great ape species endangerment reports, or the hazards of divinity), relaying the clippings to your mailbox. The list archives permit browsing and searching past submissions.

"Silence of the Lambs: The Musical" Truth is stranger than Broadway.

Dancing Dog Watch a dog dance to the some "One That I Want" from Grease.

Monkeys! This Christmas, why not give your loved one some elephant dung?

The multifacted work of artist Gil Bruvel

Yoko Ono ego over-inflates even further. Yoko has edited herself into some of John Lennon's pre-Ono videos on the new Best of John Lennon DVD. Guh. (Via Fox News.)

Entrances to Hell Once you've purchased your land title for property in Hell, you'll have to get there somehow in order to build your dream home on the shores of the Lake of Fire. That's when this guide to various Entrances to Hell will come in handy.

Capturing Saddam more inside

Pinheads in America Sometimes the simplest pleasures are still the best pleasures... more inside

The Spongmonkeys like the moon. The orangutans bought the wrong bananas. [Monkey Flash]

Y2K Women As we all know, the Y2K bug (that old thing?) never really hit us hard. Some people apparently didn't get the memo.