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Philosophical quotes for every occasion: Priceless quotations from such astute minds as that of Miss Alabama: "I would not live forever because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever." Or, how about a random selection?

The Amazing EC Brown MP3 Link Collection More free music than you can shake a banana and a fistful of feces at and it all looks pretty legal. Genres range from Techno to Metal, Ska to Ukranian, Found Sound to Polish Folk, Hare Krishna to Iranian, Bagpipes to Mexican traditional. Good for weeks of browsing.

"Of all my inventions, the glass armonica has given me the greatest personal satisfaction." - Ben Franklin

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The Alcoholic Monkeys of St. Kitts exhibit "skeedrow behavior." Alex Shoumatoff takes you there.

Rest Stop, Stephen King's latest story, available online. Here too is the transcript of King's National Book Foundation's Distinguished Contribution award acceptance speech. That's more directly related to this ancient thread.

Researchers Discover New Source of Neural Stem Cells. Of special interest to monkey lovers: "the differences we see imply that this region in the human brain doesn't necessarily do the same things as its primate and rodent counterparts." Maybe.

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New Noise. A new fortnightly web based music magazine, currently on its second issue. more inside

Black Hole Sun, Won't You Come... Black hole destroys star The pictures are just illustrations, but fairly cool nonetheless

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You're Totally Soaking In It Most of us who aren't rich have to do some goofy things in order to feed ourselves, provide clothing and shelter to loved ones, and generally sustain live so that we can do the things that we really love (make art, post links, expand minds). Jan Miner, aka Madge the Manicurist, was a serious actress. She figured out how to do what she wanted and still eat three square meals a day. Let's all think back to our own "you're soaking in it" moments, have some lunch, and endeavor to be half as successful and Jan Miner.

Mouse Swallows Frog: Disney Acquires Muppets. And that's not the only Muppet-based news these days: How about a muppet version of Dr. Phil? And on tonight's episode of "Angel", the remorseful vampire is turned into a muppet-esque puppet. And then, there's this photo here (NSFWWSOH - Not Safe For Workplace Without Sense Of Humor)

Torturing Monkeys in the name of Security "When F-Secure's antivirus researcher Katrin Tocheva first spotted the MyDoom virus late in the evening of Jan. 27, she immediately reached out and smacked the monkey that sits near her desk."

Primal Humans Cut Off From Civilization. Father admits to "failures".

Te Whiti and Parihaka. Before Gandhi and Martin Luther King, there was Te Whiti; a spellbinding public speaker who persuaded Taranaki Maori that their best remedy to growing dissatisfaction with the British settlement of New Zealand was not traditional warfare, but non-violent resistence.

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