Jesus H. Curious! Curious George: Can you come up with something funnier and mo'better? more inside

Shygirl. Flash. Snarfled from Blort

Heavy Little Objects. Mack Reed catalogues and glorifies the things he builds and finds. more inside

Where are you going on holiday this year? Spain? Greece? Turkey? How about the centre of the earth? If you've got $18,950 spare, you can join Steve Currey on his epic journey to the North Pole... And Beyond. more inside

Could I see some ID? Sure, I shamelessly stole the link from That Other Site, but this is almost as addictive as Hot or Not.

Leopolis. Photos of Lvov. Posted at glosses.net a while ago, but not everybody reads glosses, I've realized.

Could I see some ID? Sure, I shamelessly stole the link from That Other Site, but this is almost as addictive as Hot or Not.

Freedom is the problem! Apparently the real issue isn't torture, it's digital cameras and that damn Internet. Go, Internet, go. more inside

Are you proud to be a merkin? Our operators are standing by.

Improve your self-esteem Play games! more inside

All right guys, you know you've done it: wanking, choking the chicken, bashing the bishop, buffing the banana ad infinitum. And now, a site dedicated to that most solitary of activities. Advocacy, tips, techniques, Q & A. And I thought I had already "mastered" this domain. Not much for the ladies, unfortunately. (Not pornographic in the least, but NSFW just to be on the safe side.)

Tyson, the Skateboarding Bullbog

Caption competition Submit a caption to the Litterati cartoon. Then go have a look at the rest. more inside

Pen tricks A great resource for those of us who spend too much of the day with a pen in our hands. Learn the "ThumbAround Normal", the "Fingerless ThumbAround", the "Reverse to BackAround", or even the "Leigun" (in which the pen becomes "a deadly weapon"). Shockwave videos, advice on what to learn first, and even a penspinners' forum. Guaranteed first post, guaranteed Hole free.

Aerial photography from kites , model rockets, and helium balloons. You don't need to rent a plane or settle for Terraserver. Whatever you can push, shoot, throw, or kick into the sky is fair game!

welcome to the hyperreal

Saddam's interrogation logs With the revelations of torture at Abu Ghraib one could logically ask, "If that's how they're treating low-echelon prisoners, how are interrogators handling the Big Cheese?" Over at McSweeney's, someone spills the beans.

Monkeyfilter: jest a bunch o' rednecks. Not yer style? How about Cockney? Or try Jive, Elmer Fudd, Moron, or Hacker. The Dialectizer. more inside

The William Blake Archive.

Damon Runyon A story by him here, a one-page parody of his distinctive style here, and some general information about the man. more inside