A Few Things To Do If You're Bored Outta Your Gourd! Just a Touch of Passive/Aggressive Behavior Makes An Otherwise Empty Day Fly Right By... more inside

Beastie Boys Exclusive live performance of the new single Ch-Check It Out. Also, and interview and links to several videos (like the brilliant Sabotage.) Also, here's a link to the song In A World Gone Mad. [media link]

October Surprise! Where you can predict what will happen before the November 2004 election. [Via Boing Boing.]

Pottery and pet hair -- a great combination. Haven't you ever looked at an aging animal friend, wishing you could incorporate some part of him in an objet d'art for your mantle? Now you can vacuum up that hair from the couch and get sentimental with it! more inside

The Golden Years Library. Public Domain Comics. more inside

Hasselhoff Arrested. Hot on the heels of announcing his fledgling rap career. David Hasselhoff has decided to kick things off right by aquiring a little street cred.

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides Scary, if true. [via DayPop] more inside

Happy Medard day A hearty man, by all accounts. "Legend has it that if it rains on his feast day, the next 40 days will be wet; if the weather is good, the next 40 will be fine as well."

The Voynich Manuscript. In 1912, the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of this mysterious document, which has so far proven indecipherable. It was possibly written by the Franciscan monk Francis Bacon, and has links with Emperor Rudolf II of Bohemia among others. You can view the entire thing here. It includes a number of astounding illustrations, many biological drawings and, uh, some recipes, apparently. more inside

Looking for webcams of the Transit of Venus that actually work? The ones in Norway seem to be doing the best job of it so far: more inside

Drunk? Female? Easily Influenced?
Terrifica to the rescue.
Don't miss her archnemesis: "Fantastico, who says he does not have a day job, says he likes to indulge in the finer, pleasurable things in life and that he likes to bring out the pleasure in people. He is convinced that Terrifica is a miserable, lonely woman who does not want anyone else to be happy."

Baldwinization Centers of America! Supple, sultry lips? CHECK! Seductive, searching eyes? CHECK! An elusive "I'm way prettier than you AND your girlfriend, so get me a Diet Fanta" smirk? CHECK!

The 50 coolest parts of songs. warning: earworms ahead [via memepool] more inside

Legendary New York punk guitarist Robert Quine was found dead in his apartment in NYC. According to Billboard Magazing he died of an apparant heroin overdose. Quine was a member of punk pioneers Richard Hell and the Voidoids and worked with other luminaries such as Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, John Zorn and Lester Bangs. RIP

Why do some people live longer than others? That's it, I'm moving to Japan where I'll study for a Doctorate whilst doing the odd movie role with a view to getting my Oscar. Or maybe I'll stay where I am (grim Northern Ireland). Technically I'll not live as many years - it'll just seem longer.

Sexual Autonomy and the Mentally Retarded. Eugene Volokh tropes on recent judicial opinion on this Solomonic issue. more inside