Mandonna - The all-male, all-live tribute to the Material Girl. Anyone got some Brain Brillo?

Curious George: Why don't you vote? This question is for all Monkeys in democratic societies: Why don't you vote? more inside

Campaign Desk. The Columbia Journalism Review has a de-spin site that tackles the latest slugfests in the American Presidential Appointment. Election. Whatever. It's very good and seems to be very even-handed. I just couldn't keep it a secret any longer . . .

Robert J Lang has developed the mathematical theory of origami to new levels. Here are short accounts of his methods and pictures of the results why no monkeys?

A moral conundrum. So, on the one hand, the legislative and executive branches collaborated to overrule the judicial branch. But on the other hand, Terri Schiavo's greedy douche-bag husband wasn't able to let her starve to death so he could inherit her money. What's a moral, responsible libertarian to do? more inside

The International Space Station has less than 2 months of life unles repaired, and the US (via Bush) is apparently ready to back out of the deal... Talk about bad timing! The 100US$ Billion lab is failing to maintain oxygen levels and after the Columbia Space shuttle's accident, the way to ferry people into and out of there is, well, no more! [my fellow Americans, billions of your tax money have been spent on the ISS, but the Russians have failed us. It's time for us to move ahead and waste some more on some other non-sensical enterprise] I may be accused of being obtuse, but honestly, WTF is the point of putting a man in Mars? I understand the advantages of testing stuff in the ISS but Mars? COME ON!

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Grandpa and me.

Hey, wanna buy some napalm?

Napalm.Net has bought 5,000 pounds of weapons grade Napalm and has individually packaged it in safe, attractive, displayable canisters. Each canister holds one liter of actual Napalm which you can ONLY purchase through Napalm.Net.

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Sanskrit — led by random curiousity from the chai thread, I discovered this rather detailed tutorial on the language. more inside

"But cinemas were palaces. It was a place that took us out of our ordinary world, because you worked 47 hours a week. Some people worked in shops -they worked 54 hours a week. None of this 40 hours and skip off quick. And so your cinema at the end of this week was out of this world. It was a dream. You dreamed -you lived the picture. It took you out of your job." BFI is asking old folks about going to the movies between the 20s and 60s

God wants you to vote for Kerry. The path of the Florida tornadoes and the democratic/republican counties in Florida. Is there a connection?

Le Parkour. L'art du deplacement. [Via MeFi.]

Live Journal Suicide Note A tragic post on Live Journal gives us some insight into someone's suicide. His artwork was known in the graffitii community, so here's a community reaction. more inside

Pentagon blocks site for voters outside U.S. more inside

Grisly deaths made lighthearted with LEGO! Although similar to some previous posts I do believe this has yet to be seen here. Apologies if I'm shown to be wrong. (note-Flash) more inside

Curious George: How Does Amazon Create A 'Related Search'? So, I'm reading this discussion at MetaFilter, and the mention of a specific book (an annotated version of "The Hunting of the Snark") catches my eye. more inside

Curious George: Blackjack Decks The house advantage in blackjack increases with the number of decks. How is this? [MI] more inside

Curious George: Food Swap Thanks in part to the the derailed discussion in this post and the excitement of trying new and different foods, I thought I might propose the idea of a MoFi food-swap. [more inside] more inside