Sleeping by the Mississippi has to be one of the most beautiful, elegant photo galleries I've ever seen. The photographer is Alec Soth, who utilizises unusual techniques and is becoming increasingly well-known. His Bogota photographs are amazing too.

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction. Supernatural fun from Cornell University's Institute for Digital Collections. From the spooky, to the sublime, and perhaps a portrait of someone we know? more inside

Home on the Road in your Gypsy Caravan. more inside

Curious, George: I want a flask, but I don't know what features comprise a good one. Should it be made of steel? Pewter? Should it have a glass liner? Does direct contact with metal change the taste of the liquor? Does it matter if the lid is a "captive" lid or just a regular old screw-on? more inside

The Original Chinatown Badboys Crazy chinatown funk.

Hello, Big Fella! Some charming diagrams from British Columbia railway regulations. That is such a monkey hat.

Curious George: Hactivist Friendly Graduate Programs A thirty-something geek is looking for your recommendations of Graduate Programs that integrates Public Policy, Intellectual Property legislation, Science, Technology (especially computers), Economics and Law. more inside

Read Books, Get Brain Sounds like a good idea for an ad campaign to run on the sides of buses to get the kids of NYC to read, huh? Especially after you find out that "get brain" is current slang for oral sex... and the ad campaign is for a clothing company.

Curious George; NJ Meetup Reminder: Saturday evening, November 6, 2004 in New Jersey. [m.i.]

Artistic George - MoFi T-Shirts? This idea came from the fertile noggin of Space Kitty while under the influence of Musso and Frank's expert mixologists. How about the members of MoFi come up with some T Shirt design ideas? We could have Cafe Press whip them up and the proceeds could go to Tracicle to help keep us in bananas. Any thoughts monkeys?

How important is a national holiday? Germany recently defeated a measure to move Reunification Day to a Sunday. How important a decision is this? more inside