The Eggcorn Database "This site collects unusual spellings of a particular kind, which have come to be called eggcorns. Typical examples include free reign (instead of free rein) or hone in on (instead of home in on), and many more or less common reshapings of words and expressions: a word or part of a word is semantically reanalyzed, and the spelling reflects the new interpretation."

The Thousand Sorrows of Ogner Stump more inside

Hamming the burger with Eugene. The best laugh I've had all week!

All your base rhapsody. (video) Brightened my day.

Indictments. Today Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald handed over 22 indictments to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, accusing President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney and others of espionage, obstruction of justice, perjury and a variety of other charges in the matter of the CIA/Valerie Plame leak-gate case.

An analyst for an investment bank literally chopped up an iPod and estimated the total cost to Apple for manufacturing, packaging and distributing the gadget. Conclusion? Half the money you pay for an iPod is pure PROFIT.

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Curious, George: Déjà Vu How often do you experience it? Does it bother you, or do you enjoy it? It never really bothered me until yesterday's David Copperfield post. The moment I saw the post, I kinda freaked out; it was the most intense case of déjà vu I have ever experienced. At first I tried to convince myself, "surely I must have read this somewhere else." But then I saw Chy's comment, and I knew that something was awry. It was as if I was living Groundhog Day... And yes, yesterday was quite a bad day for me! Why, why did my déjà vu have to involve David Copperfield!? Is this some evil mutation of the David Hasselhoff recursion??

8-bit Star Wars You may have to squint, but I think it's worth it.

Wanna get pwned by bacon? The bacon of the month club will make you bacon's bitch, man. This is only for those of you who dream about bacon, 'cos it's hella expensive. more inside

Robo-Monkey. From WowWee comes a talking robotic chimpanzee head. video

The value of Monkeyfilter. Based on the research of Tristan Louis, the dollar value of various websites is now possible to be determined. Monkeyfilter apparently is worth $173,313.78. more inside

Shake's insults. I have no idea what a 'pumpion' may be but it sounds foul, especially in combination with 'pottle-deep'!

Falcon dive-bombing starlings wins top photo prize: "I felt the fear and the starlings' urgent need to survive, and the psychological pressure of the falcon as it dive-bombed the small birds," says Italian Manuel Presti of his photograph Sky Chase, overall winner of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the Natural History Museum, London, UK, and BBC Wildlife Magazine. Seen at Follow Me Here... more inside

Smell it, buy it Going into my local DIY store (run by British hegemony of PLC's) I noticed a freshly sawn pine smell that ceased directly 20 meters inside. No news really but heres the rest: Cinemas - popcorn Supermarkets - Baked bead Potatoes - Irish soil Supermarkets - Roasted coffee Grass seed - grass scent Cosmetics store - talcum powder smell and Barbeques - Hickory Plastic notebooks - leather New cars - New car smell

Poochie sez: "Pray five times a day!" With Omar as Homer, and Badr substituted for Bart, The Simpsons is now playing on Arab television ... [and] he has swapped Duff beer for soft drinks. more inside

Curious George. Ugh, Internet radio problems. How can get an uninterrupted stream? What players to use? Please share your success stories and techniques used.

419 is a Joke... Or at least a game, to the Nigerian fraudsters who flood your e-mail with countless spams. "The atmosphere of silent concentration inside the cafe is absolute, strangely reminiscent of a university library before exams. Except, that is, for the odd guffaw or cheer. The doors are locked from 10:30 p.m. until 7 a.m., so the cyber thieves can work in peace without fear of armed intruders." [Via] more inside

Wiggliest Person ever! ...I've seen contortion...but this is amazing. (video link)

Fun Friday Flash! Alright you poo-flinging monkeys! The poop's on the other ground now! Catch a Sh1t! annoying repetitive loud music (unless you select "Track 3" from the options menu).