Astroturf Gone Wrong. When astroturfing the sites of bloggers who offer opinions about your employer, best not to make it too obvious.

Bananas, leading the way. Danelope puts the pieces of the puzzle together, and sounds a warning, in his customary terse style. (Warning: monkeys!)

Kids draw the human body: The results are amazing. Daniel's skeleton is my favorite.

Wow, this black metal is scary stuff!

"And then, he invent Hilicopter Fcuk !"
"In Japan, the person who have no hair on their penis is only him and cancer patient. Yes, he is minority. So he think differently." EXTREMELY NSFW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. That said, the video is, erm, interesting... more inside

I'm sorry, sir, your application to link to this website has been turned down. Things you can't do at the Olympics, part 237,946: link to their website without written permission. more inside

God is coming to San Francisco

Wikipedia "featured pictures" aggregate (large and numerous thumbnails = long page load. Dial-up monkeys beware...)

"Mein Gott, zwei kilogram!" more inside

Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked - An Interview with Tony Campolo, spiritual counselor to former President Bill Clinton more inside

Play-Doo Taking "gag" gifts to a whole new level. more inside

George Lakoff is the man. A professor of linguistics and cognitive science at the University of California Berkeley, is a specialist in the technique of "framing," a communication tool that creates a "frame" for a message that defines the terms of the debate. Discussed many times Here I wouldn't have known about him any other way I don't think. Good lessons for Monkeys of all stripes. more inside

Who makes YOU laugh? I mean really laugh out loud. How about a Vintage Comedy category? Who is supposed to make you laugh, but doesn't? more inside

Colorado to decide whether to end "winner take all" electoral vote distribution. If passed, Amendment 36 would make Colorado the first state to allocate electoral votes proportionately according to the popular vote, rather than giving a winner all of the state's electoral votes. more inside

Oh. My. God.

Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the "I" in internet. At the same time, Web becomes web and Net becomes net. Why? The simple answer is because there is no earthly reason to capitalize any of these words.

Slashdot's take.

Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest
"You care not for the fruits of etymology, But only for the sale of your anthology." (Second Prize Winner 2004) more inside

Monkey Picked Tea! Details * Rare Wild Chinese Tea * Picked by trained monkeys * No, really * Delicate, light flavour * Net Wt. 25g [via J-walk blog]

He was missing from his Reserve duties because ... he was working as ... a spy??!? Two strong pieces of writing worth a look; the first is noted in Metafilter -- the Joe Darby article. The second is this George Bush story, also from the current GQ. He was missing from his Reserve duties because he was ... a spy? And later assigned to be a Watergate burglar? And maybe Deep Throat? You can read both the Joe Darby story and this one from the same source, a few pages away. Work back from the printable-page link. more inside

The Mystery of Hanuman - Inspiring Tales from Art and Mythology.

Bj "I think to a certain extent maybe moving to New York influenced me, and then the 9/11 episode and the crisis that is going on in the world today. And to a certain extent all this made me very interested in primitive elements. In something that was before all this happened." Our old friend Bj more inside