Spooky Curious George: What are dressing up as for Halloween? more inside

No Child Left Behind: The Test A pretty good primer on the aims and effects of NCLB, in standardized test format.

brave woman

Curious George: Dog losing his clawnails My five year old GSD, has been losing his clawnails and there is no definite disorder. The vet has started him on Immuran, antiobiotics and niacin etc. All great Monkey minds, please help me to better understand this alleged syndrome.

Dick Cheney's alive! Does Dick need an "unborn image solution"? (via M&C)

Meet Your Match... If you or a family member needed an organ to stay alive, would you use a service like this? Do you think anyone should? Would you ever pay for an organ for yourself or a family member? Is this automatically wrong?

Curious, George: free font managers I’ve been searching for a good font manager and have been hoping to find a free one that is user friendly. I’ve looked around and can’t find any good reviews on any sties or blogs.

Mission Accomplished It's sooo big... I like it big... Oooh it's getting bigger!!! SFW (mostly), but may not appear to be so, unless others can hear it. Quicktime Movie. more inside

Royal Navy recognises Satanism. “There is nothing in the Queen’s Regulations that forbids practising Satanism and people are entitled to their own religious beliefs” - Captain Russell Best RN, commanding officer of HMS Cumberland. more inside

Chief Justice William Rehnquist had been hospitalized for treatment of thyroid cancer . Remember when Pat Robertson prayed that God make the three "liberal" Supreme Court justices retire? Looks like a conservative may be the first to be replaced. Perhaps this will put the issue of who will name the next Chief Justices front and center just in time for Nov. 11th. I can't believe how little attention this has gotten in the press, up until now. more inside

They all look the same to me! Take the test - can *you* tell the difference between someone from China, Japan, or Korea? A quick thought-provoking test for your Monday morning. more inside

Meaningful Swedish socks In remembrance of September 11,2001, I designed a sock which will climb the steps of hope and courage in our hearts. Single cylinder, methinks.

What is the meaning of life?

Swedish Idioms in painfully literal translation. If you relish the exotic or the enigmatic utterance, this is the link for you. more inside

Comics 101. Learn the sordid history of Captain Marvel, or maybe even Iron Man. Find out just what the heck the Crisis on Infinite Earths really was. And there's a great synopsis of V for Vendetta, too. A great read for any comics fan.

Britain's Finest Newspaper It's a very different approach to a medium which the Onion has made famous, and the Python-esque humor finds numerous homes in the myriad weird little details. I recommend the Personal Ads page in the most recent category.

The Real Truman Show - I was just looking at a cool calender that I was going to write about over at Proteinos when an interesting article caught my eye, The Real Truman Show. more inside

sparklines 'Intense, simple, word-sized graphics'. An application for weblogs here. (somewhat via waxy)

Here is one place you'll find 'em. Here is another. ryoshu mentioned some of 'em here. How about you? Do you know any Republicans who are going to vote against Bush?

How to Speak like a Cape Bretoner