Commercials From The Eighties. Warning: Nostalgia, Remorse, and .Wmv files...

History is Made. Don't know how many of you monkeys are sports fans, but this should be recorded for posterity. Randy Johnson has become the oldest pitcher in history to pitch a perfect game. In a sport that gets to be more and more broken every year, it's the legends that keep it breathing. more inside

Jon Stewart's commencement speech at William & Mary

STOP THE PRESSES! Martha Stewart-brand matches recalled because they may ignite and cause a "fire hazard." Really.

Marketing with an attitude. (NSFW if your boss has good reading glasses)

The Cruelty of British Kids If you're from the UK, and of an age, you will almost certainly have called someone - or have been called - a "Joey", a "Deacon", or suchlike. Now there's an irreverent tribute to the man himself, complete with pictures of people who really should have grown up to recognise that they were nasty, not funny.

The best car in the world.

Your birth certificate may be worth $1,000,000 "Lutfee Abdul Waalee, convicted of trying to pass a fake U.S. Treasury check for $25 million, is a member of a black separatist group called the Moors who believe in the 'redemption theory.' That's the notion that the United States has been trading birth certificates on the open market as a form of capital since 1933 and that citizens can 'redeem' the value of their accounts and write gigantic checks." more inside

Canned laughter box. Ever wonder about the canned laughter heard on Brady Bunch, Bewitched, M*A*S*H, The Flintstones, et al? It was brought to you by the Mackenzie Program Repeater, an outgrowth of the early 1960s organlike Laff Box (an obscure device -- I could find no original resources online!) Its most popular use was to provide canned laughter in 1960s and 1970s sitcoms. Around 1975 networks found that it was better to pony up a real studio audience, casting these devices into the shadows. (Also see an interesting quantification on audience laughter!)

Gambian rodents risk death for bananas.

Shake that ass and let me see what you got
Seems like a natural for BLORT if you ask me. This one's all about the Machine Man cameo.

The infamous DiMelza Painting. (shudder). * Warning * Disturbing image that will haunt your dreams. Oh yea, there's actually a nice photolog as well.

The Condiment Packet Museum. Free. Edible. Art.

Taleban USA From this side of the pond (Europe), this story appears too far-fetched. Someone tell me it's a hoax. Show me how gullible I am.

100 Worst porn titles. "Moulin Splooge", "Anal Chiropracter", "Brianna Lee's Red Hot Weenie Roast", and other timeless classics.

Yang Shan-Shen, a Chinese artist of the Lingnan school of painting, has died at the age of 92. [Via wood s lot.]

Do penis enlargment pills work? I'm no curious george; however, this blog seeks to answer this question with one man's anecdotal experience. For some reason, I trust this man and don't think he's just a shill for spam. [via Unfogged]

2004 Editors’ Awards for Online Excellence - The Morning News has come out with a list of their editors' favorites for 2004. There are some great sites listed that are worth checking out. And guess what? A fellow monkey made their list. Go forksclovetofu!

NEW YORK MOFI MEETUP
Curious George:As threatened sometime earlier, I'd like to do a NYC MoFi meetup down at the Met, maybe to see the Byzantium exhibition and get some food and hang. I need times, dates, suggestions of possible other activities and a list of interested participants. Let's do this, monkey types!

Has he returned or is this all a big hoax? 'Sorry about faking my death. It was the only way to seal my status in history as a legendary performance artist. I want to be remembered for so much more than having played Latka on Taxi. The worst part was lying to my family and closest friends.'