New Pope - Cardinal Joeseph Ratzinger is now Pope Benedict XVI

The London Line is an exciting new free London newspaper (sorry, rest of the world). Full of amazing stuff. Spot the monkey.

Microsoft Word grammar checker ain't so good. An associate professor of marketing at the University of Washington has found that the spelling and grammar checker in Microsoft Word aint what it's cracked up to be. He's been written up in the Seattle PI newspaper, MSNBC and even the dreaded Slashdot.

Nappycakes. For those times that you need a cake made out of diapers, and nothing else will do.

Russian Astrologist Plans to Crash NASA’s Independence Day Imagine a twist to the plot of the movie Deep Impact: besides the comet, NASA is pitted against a Russian astrologist who wants to sue the agency because destroying a comet would irrevocably harm her “system of spiritual values”. A comet is not threatening Earth, but NASA’s Deep Impact is set to collide with the Tempel-1 comet on July 4 and that has really upset one Russian astrologist.

History of the Batmobile The Batmobile's appearance has taken many, many forms. Here's an obsessive history of them. more inside

Curious George: I am the, ahem , webmaster for a friends holiday rental home in Spain. The website is there but theres no hits when searching for it using Google and the usual suspects. Whats the best way to submit to search engines? And for free?

Japanese Medley is a nice interpretation of some classic Japanese songs by Redefined a jazz group from University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Somebody explain this to me. When did the mystery auction become such a big thing on Ebay. more inside

Want a wedding cake made of Legos? Who doesn't! While this is not the greatest use of Legos I've ever seen, it's still a pretty cool wedding type keep-sake. more inside

formerly rosie *the unedited rantings of a fat 43 year old menopausal ex -talk show host * -married mother of four- read at your own risk - my spelling sux (add * ocd * adhd * lmnop * suv * dvd * y not me)
...otherwise known as the blog of celebrity thespian, lesbian, comedienne and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, and it's surprisingly personal and intimate for an honest-to-gosh real live famous person blog. It's also pretty fascinating.

Remember the joke about the ring around Uranus? Well apparently now you can get rid of the ugly stains....! Flabberwhelmed by this post i went asearching to edumacate maself. And then i found this. Mama mia!

This gives me the cross-eyed shits How many times have you been to the local multiplex and sat through an out-of-focus screening? more inside

LA Monkey Meetup and T Shirt Stuffing Party Most everyone who needs to know already does, but I thought I'd let it be known to the monkeysphere that yours truly, space kitty, PY, mandyman, sexyrobot, cellar floor and goofyfoot are (more than likely) gonna meetup at Casa de Calamari for a potluck and t shirt stuffing party this Wednesday night at 7:00pm. Write me at the email address in my profile if you are gonna be in LA and want to join us.

MoFi CD Swap 4! The title says it all: who's in for another round of CD-swapping goodness? more inside

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Scholar claims Michelangelo faked the Laocoön statue Lynn Catterson from Colombia University, says that the sculpture of Laocoön, a character from the Iliad, found in 1506, was not created by the ancient Greeks but by wily Mikey. Michelangelo was on site when the sculpture was found and was the person who authenticated it. He also faked other stuff. Fire up the DeLorean, Doc, we're sending the Capuchin SWAT team back with handcuffs for this evil artist. more inside