Firecrackers. A collection of over 400 firecracker labels, from old classics through to the present.

Security checkpoints to begin in Boston subways. And no more pictures in the New York subways. Slowly, the US transmogrifies into another Tel Aviv.

Exiles: Uncertain times for Iraqi Canadians. Flash presentation from CBC's Radio 3, profiling three Iraqi Canadians as they talk about their lives, Iraq and the war. [via airgid.com, the designer's website.] more inside

"Gukanjima - View of an Abandoned Island" Poignantly creepy.

Bush takes a Fall Michael Moore, on accepting the Palme d'Or from Cannes for his film "Fahrenheit 9/11", said of Dubya that he hoped "nobody tells him that I have won this award while he is eating a pretzel." No worries, Michael: he was riding his bike.

"Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal. My aim has always been to defend the secular foundation of our nation and the poor of our country." So said Sonia Gandhi as she declined the position of Prime Minister of India. more inside

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be a joke. This, however, does.

Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.? Remember when the bin Laden family was allowed to be flown out of America by the FBI on Uncle Sam dollars shortly after 9/11 while the rest of America was grounded.? Now Democratics Senators are asking who approved this. The White Hose refuses to answer. more inside

The Museum of Chimpography. This somehow seems appropriate here.

Curious George; What movies should I watch this weekend? I have reached a mental wall when it comes to picking out a movie to watch. Help!!! What can the monkeys recommend as good weekend material? more inside

Rassemblement de Weird Animal News - Within this post, Mean Uncle Nostril rudely collates angry lumps of spiteful animal weirdness to offensively violate copyright restrictions & convince you that Mother Nature truly is a bitch, via naughty words and invective. The theme: Animals Attack!! more inside

Fontastic! If you're like me, you have long wanted to be able to make your own fonts. Now you can. Open source. Free. It's Christmas!

Wharram Percy. A lost village in Yorkshire.

Curious George: Musically lost. Sorry for this stupid question, but I drove off the music roadmap around 2000; among my favorite bands at the time were Barenaked Ladies, Incubus, Sugar Ray, Train, etc. My problem is I have no idea who to listen to now. I don't know how this disconnect happened, but it seems all playlists, radio, top 100, media, etc are now saturated with hip-hop and rage/thrash alternative -- sorry, not my style. Meanwhile I can no longer dig out fresh listening ideas. Is there a resource that can help me get suggestions on artists I'd like, without the other stuff thrown in haphazardly? And yeah, I can accept that maybe the music I liked is out of style and I'm getting to be an old fogie, or that I'm just totally overlooking something.

Chemistry Comes Alive!
Plenty of fun, from the trippy to the explosive to the poignant to the dadaist.

Britain opens stem-cell bank. "The world's first national repository opened this week north of London, angering anti-abortion groups."

Is William Hung the Asian Buckwheat? (and what's up with the writers facial hair?)

From the makers of the legendary Emogame and it's occasionally distasteful sequels comes a new high (or low). Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, He Man, and an all star cast of others team up to taked down the Bush Administration and their new super-weapon, Voltron in Emogame2.5 The Bush Game. Set aside half an hour for this one kids, and remember to take notes. It's a doozy. (May not be SFW)

Holy Grail Vandals? Here's the beginning of a conspiricy theory: Could the reason "A gang of youths climbed on top of The Shepherd's Monument at Shugborough Hall and smashed ornamental sea shells at about 1500 BST on Tuesday" be linked to the fact that "Experts were called in recently to examine an inscription on the 250-year-old monument rumoured to reveal the location of the Holy Grail"? If so, then who were the vandals? The Knights Templar?

Shop for your intern! Imagine a world where hiring the right person is as easy as online shopping. You can search for the right skills, view product info, email for more information, or go ahead and put a good prospect in a shopping cart. But my favorite part was making all of the interns' heads swivel with every move of the mouse.