Curious George: How do you research old news stories? Do any fellow monkeys know of any site that archives or scans 20 or 30 years worth of major national news stories from AP/UPI/Reuters or major newspapers? Yes, I will likely pay a visit my city newspaper, but I'd be happy to pony up a little cash for instant gratification. I see the Houston Chronicle might be one possibility but it only goes back 19 years.

She Lost Her Job She bitches about co-workers on her weblog. She shows her weblog to her employer. She loses her job for her bitching. She whines about having lost her job. more inside

One Got Fat

Spear's Specialty Shoe Company has been a forerunner of manufacturing and style-setting clown shoes worldwide! more inside

SLAM BUSH
Spit something hot kid! Good idea; wish the guy in the video could rap. How would YOUR one minute of battle go? (Bees, I'm lookin at YOU...) more inside

This site is a priceless resource for all interested in the semiotics of fried chicken sales. And in the study of manky take-aways riddled with salmonella and rat faeces.

The Politics of Burning Man. A conversation between Burning Man founder Larry Harvey and John Perry Barlow. [Via WorldChanging.]

Curious George: Hardware Gone Wild I lost the C: drive, it was replaced, now the computer won't recognize the D: drive anymore. Well, sometimes it does. more inside

Yet another goof up by Google. Our favorite search engine company goofs up by not registering Gmail, their much sought-after email service. more inside

President Saparmurat Niyazov - or Turkmenbashi, as he likes to be known - has just banned television presenters from wearing makeup. Turkmenistan's crazy-ass president, whose recent decrees have included banning gold teeth, long hair, beards, gravity, cheese, peas, cheesy-peas and Barry Manilow, has told television presenters to stop wearing make-up because he had difficulty telling the men from the women.

Drunk Guy Jenga If he wakes up, you lose. (via I Keep A Diary)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys." Even, it appears, 19th century sex education.