50 Years Of The World Press Photo Awards Some I remembered. Most I didn't, and are almost too painful to see. Amazing how much emotion a still image can capture and evoke.

Curious George and the Dangling Extension Cord. Is it dangerous to leave a live cord open with nothing in it? more inside

Ninja New York restaurant review: "Yelping Warriors, and Rocks in the Broth". "An American offshoot of a restaurant in Tokyo, Ninja intends to evoke a Japanese mountain village inhabited by ninjas, a special breed of stealthy warriors. In this case they come armed not only with swords and sorcery but also with recipes, which may be their most dangerous weapons of all..." (via the Livejournal community food_porn)

45 Million an Hour

She's ... um ... dancing with a ... um ... er ... yeah ... (Warning: Quicktime .MOV) Of the Top Ten Worst Jobs in Science, Ballerina for NASA only ranked 9th. But it should rank #1 for straight-out wierdness.

Aussies come home!! The Australian Government will urge all it's citizens overseas to rush home if the bird flu starts to spread amongst humans. After all Australia will be bird flu free. As the Health Minister Tony Abbott claims, to catch it "you've got to eat raw chicken meat or you've got to drink duck's blood or something that Australians just don't do." more inside

The Nürburgring Nordschleife A long description of driving the 'Ring in a Mini Cooper S. I wonder if I could fit mine in the overhead compartment so I could fly it over there instead of just pretending with GTA4.

US Passports to have RFID So says the state department. Newsfilter links. Good? Bad? Tinfoil Hat? Screwedville? We report. YOU post snarky derails. via

Your eyes fool you. So therefore you're either a fool, a fooled one, a fooly-fool or just a nice monkey with normal colorful eyes. more inside

Getting that Bay Area Meetup Feeling There were some rumblings about having another SF Bay Area meetup. We will rumble no more. This is the time. This is the place. We throw down the gauntlet to those LA monkeys, too. Come on! We dare ya! more inside

Is Bill Watterson working undercover? "A while back, our local paper started carrying a comic called Frazz by Jef Mallett. Immediately, I was struck by how much the illustration style looked like Bill Watterson’s. The main character (Frazz) looks an awful lot like a Calvin in his early twenties..."

Sulu comes out. "Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist Martin Dysart in "Equus," helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality..."

Kader Attia's flying rats - an, ahem, interesting art installion piece. Pictures (1, 2, 3) may appear NSFW. Until you realize what it actually is... then you're just creeped out.

Worst Halloween Decoration Ever Sometimes when a supposed Halloween decoration looks ultra-real, it's because it IS real.

The Slik Road ends up in Seattle in a nice set of resources at UW, including texts (such as Franciscan monk William of Rubruck's famous account of a journey made between 1253 and 1255 to the court of the Mongol Khan) and maps as well as introductions to the cities and architecture, art and cultures to be found along the way.

Razza the fugitive rat sets distance record, for swimming that is. After 18 weeks of eluding various traps and poisoned baits, Razza finally met his match when he succumbed to the lure of fresh penguin meat. Good news, another solo male rat is now on the run; do you think he will re-write the record books by routing Razza's record? more inside

There's a Defence for Democracies . And a Foundation no less. The upcoming debate is at Trinity College Dublin. “This house believes that George W. Bush is a danger to world stability.”

GTA has nothing on 1986's CHILLER

One of Vietnam's oldest whale temples is to be upgraded. The temple dates from the eighteenth century. No doubt it features strongly in the whale festival. The Vietnamese also take any opportunity to worship whales al fresco.

Savage Chickens Halloween Contest! What is the chicken saying? (Savage Chickens previously on MoFi)