All music, all free! In Honour of Monkey Music Monday Madness, I should like to point out that the Internet Archive have dedicated some of their not-insignificant resources to collecting and maintaining a hub for netlabels of all sizes. more inside

Whoo Hoo It's Monday! Ok, Monkeys, it's music time: try this wee ditty about child abduction, forced labour, and the violation of the law of the sea. The Hook by Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks.

21 Reasons Why the Neocons Were Wrong About Iraq Hey, that adds up to blackjack. I say the Paul Wolfowitz project of remaking the world is going along just fine.

Monkeys Produce Hamlet: Feasibility Study

The Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant After more than 20 years, Stephen R. Donaldson returns to The Land. Be sure to check out the "preview" pop-up on the left-side of the page. more inside

A geek's dream wedding. I'm so conflicted... is this completely appalling, or totally rad? more inside

Seeing things. Pareidolia: a type of illusion involving the misidentification of a vague indefinite stimulus as a person or an object. Examples include seeing the man in the moon, Jesus in a tortilla, or a face on Mars.

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No Disputing It: Blogs Are Major Players From the LA Times, registration required. more inside

Women in Computer Science — a small collection of papers. Why are there so few women in Computer Science? (1991) The incredible shrinking pipeline. (1997) Geek mythology and attracting undergraduate women to Computer Science. (1997) Undergraduate women in Computer Science: experience, motivation and culture. (1997) The anatomy of interest: women in undergraduate Computer Science. (1999) more inside

At least his heart is in the right place.

Dolls from the Dark Side The new issue of CBC Radio 3's online zine is up. The rag is usually pretty cool and this issue's got a nice little piece called Playing With Dolls - Dolls from the Dark Side. {warning - site is flash and has music, which you can turn off}

2-mile wide mushroom cloud spotted in North Korea. According to the Washington Post, the Bush administration had received recent intelligence reports that may indicate North Korea was preparing to conduct its first nuclear weapons test explosion.

Smokin' babe seeks dudes, butts Guys, when you're out at the bar tonight, keep a close eye on the smokers. That's apparently where to find the ones that are ready to go. more inside

My Dark Horse Is Horney NSFW?

Curious George: Home Recording I'm interested in recording my guitar plus other stuff at my house (8 track-style). More on the inside. more inside

Valorous George ...Last night I was tag-teaming a burly and dangerous fly with my cat Kiki until we lost the sucker behind a shelf. I'm on the computer a few hours later, and hear Kiki having a knock-down drag-out bug toss in the kitchen, and assume it to be the fly. Eventually I go in the kitchen, and find that Kiki has, in fact, been bravely fighting a squadron of yellowjackets, with neither reinforcements or air cover! Has your beast done something mildly heroic lately?

Cows Against Sex Citizens of a small Dutch village are so outraged by amorous locals engaging in public sex, they are resorting to cows to clean up the neighborhood. "...Apparently the presence of the cows turns the people off having sex," the mayor said.

Introducing the Paris Hilton Collection exclusively at amazon.com. more inside

Trtuh In, Bush Out: Remember this? Now you can play along at home!