The Muse Awards include some nice sites. In the Art section, for example, Visions of Enlightenment, on Buddhist art, Love and Yearning, on Persian, and the slightly silly Renaissance Connection. (All Flash 6, ideally)

Curious George...Am I Native? What makes someone Native, or First Nations, Indian, etc., etc.? Is it by blood quorum? Is there an overall consensus of blood quorum among all tribes? Is is up to your own particular tribe? Any thoughts? My background is Cherokee/Choctaw/Chickasaw. Anybody else come upon the Cherokee 'One Drop' rule?

Arrse Welcome to ARRSE, the British Army's UNOFFICIAL centre of reasoned argument, intelligent debate and bullshit. -- Not my sort of thing at all really, but I did want to post that URL.

Vaccine cripples sperm in monkeys. Male contraception options set to broaden.

Winner in College Jeopardy 0wNZ Alex Trebeck d0 y0u 5p33K 1337?

Everything you could ever want to know about Beatboxing. In honor of yentruoc's request that I post something fun - "Vocal percussion/beatboxing has been used in a-cappella groups for many years, but today it is perhaps mainly associated with hip hop music, often dubbed 'the 5th element of hip hop'. Incidentally, beatboxing has also been described as 'a lost art', something we want to help change! Human beatbox legends such as Buffy, Doug E Fresh, and Biz Markie helped propel beatboxing into the limelight throughout the 1980's, and the scene has been growing ever since. Now, at the start of the 21st century, beatboxing is set to gain further recognition as an artform in its own right, and become an international phenomenon in the process." Make sure you check out the audio clips!

Fuck the South Wanna see a meme that won't make Dems look any better? It's still worth a chuckle. (Aside from language, SFW). more inside

The Dubya Movie. One man was chosen, and only one man could play him. [Via Screenhead.]

Milan's Icebar You pays your money, and you gets to drink your Absolut vodka out of an ice cup, while standing at an ice bar, in 23° weather, in a parka and rubber boots. Just like in Sweden... but in Italy. Why?

I'm mad, so here's stuff on confocal microscopy. Since Gregory Cardinal Pell has managed to piss me off today, I have decided to tell people about confocal microscopy. Confocal microscopy can create some amazing images. Cardiac myocytes - heart muscle cells Bone cells a nerve cell single cell critters I've no idea. If you are at all interested in how these images were generated, there's more inside

Curious George: Posting to Usenet. What are some good ways for posting to Usenet for free, not counting Google Groups? more inside

From Beyond the Grave The late Dame Barbara Cartland, having written and published more than 700 books in her lifetime, left behind her the manuscripts of 160 romances. That's 13 years' worth of books.

ipod socks: The fads never end for this ubiquitous toy.

More Moore, Moran Those GOPers and Cons who believed that Michael Moore would explode/kill himself if Bush won are sorely disappointed. In fact, MM has just aanounced plans for a "Fahrenheit 9/11" sequel. But "Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2" sounds kinda lame. Anybody have an idea for a better title?

raed in the midde I called my family to see what was happening there. One of our friends living in Abu-Ghreib told us about how a US helicopters attacked their entire neighbourhood after a US patrol was attacked from that area. He said that they have holes in the ceilings of their house because of the random attack. This collective punishment is very close to how the israeli forces treat Palestinians, trying to put pressure on the civilians not to accept any fighter in their street. As if it was the civilians� duty to go after fighters and stop them. My family said that many districts in the west of Baghdad are blocked, the streets leading to the areas near the airport (Al-Jihad, Al-Amryya, Al-Ghazalyya, Al-khadraa, and others) are closed due to street fighting. The airport highway is closed too. They said that the sound of explosions and bullets is continuous. My uncle lives in Ad-Dora in southern Baghdad, and they are having similar street clashes there too.

Ephemerata, both Natural and Artificial. The Museum of Emphemerata in Austin, TX is host to a number of bizarre items. With the Grand Closing of the current show coming this weekend, it seemed like a good time to feature the place.

Arctic Thaw = Good News! Global warming got you down? Don't worry, there's a silver lining! more inside

Teen Democrats in Minnesota beat down teen Republican with a baseball bat. "Two days after John Kerry lost to George Bush, three of his teen supporters got into a dispute with a Bush-supporting schoolmate at their Minnesota Zoo School of Environmental Studies, and after some juvenile taunting, the budding Democrats beat the other teen with a baseball bat: Three high school students, one allegedly armed with a bat, were charged with attacking a pro-President Bush classmate after he reportedly said only gays would support Sen. John Kerry. ... The alleged assailants have all been charged: one with felony assault

Tips for visiting Santa. Such as, "Talk and chat with your toddler, distracting him or her from Santa as you walk up to Santa. Then quickly set the child in Santa

Yassir Arafat is Still Dead!!! The news coverage of Arafat's impending death brought to mind an old Saturday Nite Live Bit. Am I the only who was reminded that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!!. Looks like I was not Alone.