Morrocan writer: Ahmed Bouzfour refuses his country's top literary prize: in protest of Morocco's low rate of literacy.

Why Aren't You Playing DDR Max 2?
To whet your appetite, here's some Dance Dance Revolution Videos. It's also excellent exercise. Here: have a listen. Later on you can audition for the inevitable movie. If not you can always Click Buttons And Dance Like Oobi. You shake whole body.

Photographer Helmut Newton Killed in Car Crash. A Photographic Master Is Dead. His Fetishistic Imagery and Clear Gaze Changed Europe And Made America Safe For Madonna.

It appears that dodgeball is the latest hip thing. Why, even Ben Afflec is getting in on it. When will you?

Overcoming social anxiety, a Curious George followup. MeFi meetup in Portland tonight. more inside

The American Sign Museum. When Shameless Advertising Didn't Seem So Shameful... {Via Sound of the City}

Curious George: A Cry for Help Coders needed, hi.

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From tip to tip, three cheers for this naked Brit! Steve Gough, aka The Naked Rambler, has finally completed walking from the southern tip of England to the northern tip of Scotland, all while completely naked. Along the way he's often been harrassed and spent almost five months jailed on indenceny charges. You can read all about him and his sojourn into nudism here and here.

Welcome to DeanGoesNuts.com!!!! This site is adding new Howard Dean remixes everyday. My favorite so far is the AC/DC Remix. The video of Dean's Iowa speech is also on the site. YEAH!

What do golf, a Scottish liqueur and the Norwegian Arctic have in common? Funny you should ask...

Disney's #1 Fan Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do).

"With up to 30 minutes of rib tickling entertainment, the Pork Chop Revue brings home the bacon and serves up the laughs."

Smack the Pingu Friday morning (in my part of the world) flash fun!

Timeship. The world's first comprehensive facility devoted to life extension research and cryopreservation, a six-acre structure that will house research laboratories, animal and plant DNA, and up to 10,000 temporarily dead people. more inside

The Mezia Consortium very random. See dogs who study humans, Psychological Pseudoscience and don't miss the cult of 404 more inside

The Dean's List An incomprehensive list of rock & roll dos & don'ts. Comply.

Stop your gurning, you metoposcopists, and absquatulate to this page. Over 1400 pages exploring the nooks and crannies of the English language, all compiled by one guy. Think of him as the Jim Loy of English.

Awesome Flash animation of Kubrick's 2001. (Via MeFi archives.)