Curious George: Move to Canada over health care? We are so close to filling out the Form IM0008 for Canadian residency. I'm comfortably self-employed (35, have wife and 4-mo old son) and after a long search finally got a good policy under USAA. But the volatility of health insurance access is scaring the crap out of me. After the first big claim (which is inevitable) I fully expect termination or a rate hike we can't afford. Then what? As a new father this whole thing has become especially disturbing, and I think Canada may be in the cards for us this year. Is there some option I am not thinking of? Are any US states progressive on this issue?

Pandrogenize your Throbbing Gristle

Survival Research Laboratories. Producing the most dangerous shows on Earth. I recommend video from the Austin show, particularly the tesla coil and burning pig ball.

Curious George: Email lists My job isn't the most exciting in the world so I like to read cool stuff to pass the time. Unfortunately, people can see my screen and I feel inhibited in my web surfing. I've subscribed to a few email lists like The Guardian's football Fiver and Complexity Digest that I can read without it being immediately obvious that it's not work. Any monkeys know of any other good ones? I'm primarily looking for interesting/amusing content rather than news stories.

Voices From Spirit Magazine, the national outlit for true Spiritism, and, the Awakening. Spiritism is an ancient Faith which its practitioners believe originated on an ancient world called Hades, and was brought to Earth over 500,000 years ago by the Survivors of a tragic war, that established colonies here on Earth, and later were destroyed in one final holocaust, which has been passed down in human legends as The Great Flood, or, Rain Of Fire. more inside

Contemporary graphic design meets porn. Obviously NSFW. more inside

Washington's Area 51. Built at a cost of over $1 billion in the 1950s, Mount Weather in the Virginia mountains is where key members from all branches would take control during a civil emergency. It is rumored to contain some of the most extensive underground structures in existence. While FEMA is open about its part, some conspiracy theorists call Mount Weather the future capital of an unelected government. Interestingly the public road nearby is to be routed away from the facility to expand the entrance. Also see a gallery on its sister, Greenbrier, which is now decomissioned.

The Desperado is a monkey; Long live Johnny Cash. [Flash, via MeFi] more inside

Anatomy of an Exhibition: Art Nouveau 1890-1914. An exhibition about an exhibition.

How Grammatically Sound Are You? Were You Paying Attention? WERE YOU?

"My Mind is a Web Browser" Autism fascinates me. Why? Because it causes such an alien way of thinking, of ordering the mad existence we call life. The author of the essay linked, Temple Grandin, is as close to an expert on autism as you'll find since, after all, she is autistic. more inside

Old Prom Pictures Damn prom was so awesome via SharpeWorld

Atmospheric Optics Ever wonder why the sun can look flattened at sunset? Or what a nacreous cloud is? You've heard of rainbows, but what about fogbows? more inside

Magnificent Offering Now Keeps Everybody Young The chain goes on (a little longer)... [more inside] more inside

Breakup Babe She describes her blog as "[t]he self-pitying yet witty rantings of a broken-hearted, boy-crazy, 30-something writer girl on the move (and on the prowl)." The blog started here, after a tough breakup where she had to see the guy everyday at work: "So I saw Loser in the hallway today and it was awful. I think because he seemed happy. And not only did I have to see him, I had to hear him, and the sound of his voice was a sense memory that cut like a scalpel more inside

Plastic surgeon arrested with stash of stolen mouths! Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci et al's classic, The Day Today, is released on dvd. Hurray! more inside

I'd like a stupid image to go with my motorcycle, please. Early 80s motorbike and biker related ads. Some are NSFW, all are truly cringeworthy. This is probably my favourite (and is SFW).

A Salzburg house with a design inspired by the VW Beetle. more inside

One man and his vasectomy Quite simply, a website tracking the progress of a man having a vasectomy operation. (Some images not safe for work) more inside

Simpsons replica house.