Monkey Love. Just a congratulations to our own Kimberly and Jim_T.

Curious George Sorry, I might be going to the well a bit too much here (my second post of the day) but I need a bit more help. I asked a few days ago for suggestions for music to cut to a video of children eating and have found that I have a lot of stuff of them washing their hands before the meal. Does anyone have ideas for washing hands/washing up songs appropriate for a video of kids produced for their parents? As before, they don't need to be originally recorded for children, just kid friendly. BTW, I chose “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” by Cab Calloway for the eating portion of the video. Cute as hell.

M.O.N.K.E.Y. Episode 5: Attack of the Clowns (aka Most Obvious New Kids Exercise Yet or "The New Kids thread") As we continue this, which was a continuation of this and this and started with this, which was a reply to this, which was inspired by this. Whew. 729 MoFi entries so far (compared to MeFi's 1033) more inside

8th Grade Web Projects I remember having to do instructional presentations, but in my day we did it with posters, none of this fancy HTML stuff. Some of them are pretty funny. I especially like how you can see the junior high student stereotypes, like the Teacher's Pet, and the slacker. There's also the sarcastic goth, and of course the pot heads

What makes you happy?

Mario Reloaded
Shot by shot. Unbelievable. more inside

Ten Years. Ten years have passed since Mr. Cobain did same. Links from somefilter because I didn't want to look up others. A "where were you?" A "what did you like?" A mosquito. A denial.

Haus Wittgenstein. Ludwig Wittgenstein [Wikipedia], philosopher, before his return to philosophy after working as a schoolteacher and a gardener, built his sister a Haus, which you can look at.

Most Curious of all Georges How would you deal with the current situation in Iraq? I'm just curious because I really don't have a clue. You might have read some of my critical responses to links regarding the administration's stupendously foolish venture in Iraq, but now we are there, what are we going to do about it? Cut and run? Not a good option. "Stay the course", doesn't seem to be working to well either. Seems any choice is a bad choice right now. I know you monkey's are a smart group of primates. I am inviting constructive analysis from both sides of the political spectrum. Also, let's hear from folks outside of the US. How should we both help Iraq and its general neighborhood while as much as possible, helping protect ourselves? "Anyone, Bueller, anyone..."

nachtmusik redux: Following up on an earlier preoccupation: a sublime 360 view of twinkling Paris.

PigeonRank Google's patented search technology explained.

have you seen the billboards yet? they're all over my area. large picture, inspirational message, the phrase "pass it on", tiny little letters at the bottom telling us who paid for it. they're also showing in some movie theaters. the site claims not to have any religious or political leanings behind the message, but the non-profit company owner is apparently a oil-money billionare who backs the republican party. so, is that the whole story? maybe not. more inside

Métrorama - Panoramic photos of various stations of the Paris metro.

An Old Favourite. It's a beautiful movie, full of symbols and art that brought Shakespeare's text into full sensual colour. The Books are worth a look at too. more inside

Cool Ass Berlin Hotel - 30 differently styled rooms, each containing custom-made furnishings and other objects. None of the pieces of furniture or rooms can be found anywhere else on this planet. Try the symbol room, the slanted floor room, the mirror room, the upside-down room, or the menagerie room.

The Penny Arcade Remix Project. An English teacher in Japan, with three idle weeks left in the school year, has his students create their own Penny Arcade strips, with hilarious results. more inside

Largest shipment of Sikh holy scriptures makes it to Toronto. The scriptures, called Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, are only printed at one temple in India and are regarded by the faithful as living--literally, not in the figurative sense. Therefore, they can't fly in baggage.

Brokeback Mountain Although Gus Van Sant was originally slated to direct it after his success with Good Will Hunting, and the script has bounced around Hollywood for years, it seems that the movie, based on an amazing Annie Proulx short-story, will finally be made. The tragic story follows the lives of two Wyoming sheepherders and will most likely star Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. I was blown away when I read the short story (although be warned, there are some fairly explicit scenes), but the question remains: is Hollywood/America ready for the unapologetic love story of two gay cowboys?
[Pls, be gentle. My first post]

Curious, George: Basset Hounds We're looking into buying a puppy as a family pet and our research seems to point to a Basset Hound as a good match for our family. I'm curious as to your experience with Bassets...[more inside]

Curious, George: I want to blog and I would like some startup advice. more inside