On the Origins of singing in the bath: ...when those who enjoy a hot bath inhale the air of the bath, so that the heat of the air enters their spirits and makes them hot, they are found to experience joy. It often happens that they start singing, as singing has its origin in gladness. More quotes (taxation, posting, gravitation, relationships, goodness) by Ibn Khald more inside

Razzie Award Nominee Have Been Announced Gigli leads the pack with nine nominations, followed by Cat-In-The-Hat, and From Justin To Kelly. Ben Affleck scored a hat trick by being nominated for Gigli, Daredevil, and (the title says it all) Paycheck. Sylvester Stallone received his 30th nomination for his versatile performance playing five characters in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.

Monkey time explained. Wondered what "UTC" meant? I did. "Coordinated Universal Time" didn't mean much to me, until I found this. The passage of time can be measured so accurately that the rotation of the earth can be seen to be variable. UTC allows these people to add leap seconds to our clocks.

Has your hedgehog been pestering you about volunteer opportunities? Put that hedgie to work for charity at the second-annual Wheel-A-Thon! Let's just hope there isn't too much self-anointing going on.

The Cell-Phone Gun. A REAL killer app... [Warning: Quicktime. Via Gizmodo]

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Moby Games. An extensive database of videogames (a computer game IMDB, basically). The Killer List of Videogames, a site devoted to just arcade machines. Which is part of The International Arcade Museum, a site devoted to all coin operated machines. more inside

The sound of joy Speaking of beautiful music, (or something), have we all been Winged yet? Indispensable.

Papal blessing for break-dancers VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In an unusual spectacle at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II presided over a performance of break-dancers who leaped, flipped and spun their bodies to beats from a tinny boom box.

250 Years of Serendipity. The word "serendipity" (aka "accidental sagacity" or the art of making unexpected discoveries) was first coined 250 years ago today, on 28 January 1754. To mark the anniversary: a new book, The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, not just a history of the word but "a protest against that rhetoric of science that defines discovery as anything other than a messy blend of inspiration, perspiration, error, and happy chance".

"Interview with a Fungus" (PDF) is the winner of the 2003 Shell Economist Writing Prize. [Via World Changing.]

Making Sense Of Marcel Duchamp. An excellent primer on one of the First Modern Men.