Clotilde writes passionately about food. The recipes, the pictures. Ooh la la! J'ai faim! more inside

I want candy! I'd like to find the best gummy/fruit candy to give to my sweetie for Valentine's Day. more inside

GOP: Donate to get Bush past the Liberal Media After the Armstrong Williams scandal, and the Maggie Gallager scandal reg req., sorry and the GOP call for donations, came the . . um . . stories we haven't heard about yet. Darn that LibMedFi

The Secrets of Zchocolate. The "one in a million chocolate." Only $1,000 per box. But don't ask what the box looks like: "We don't publish the box image. So either you know what it looks like, or you don't know. It's not a fancy box, we're not box makers... we're chocolatiers. But each box has multiple unique identifiers to guarantee that you are receiving zhocolate and not a copy-cat."

deranged young fella makes super-KitKat (via qwghlm)

SWORDS (armed robots) could join US forces in Iraq in early 2005.

Greater Manchester Police clamp down on cod Irishry
I play and love Traditonal Irish Music [warning - sound at last link], so whilst I am aware of the Manc plod's somewhat chequered history, surely we can appluad them in their stand against the horrible crime that is Michael Flatley and his risible prancings?

The Free Library of Philadelphia is an increasinly librarian-free Library service. Due to funding cuts, the Free Library of Philadelphia will be operating 20 out of its 49 branches without librarians. Library assistants will provide lesser reference services at these branches. more inside

Curious, George: Cuba tourist traps Any monkeys been to Cuba - more specifically, to touristy Varadero? I just want to strap on a snorkel and smile at feesh all day, but there are some in the contingent who might be keen on side trips. Hot (heh) tips on economical ways to Havana, etc., gratefully accepted, and see-gar orders taken! No Monica remarks, pliz.

I'm listening to the Arcade Ambience project, and I was wondering: is there any (many) audio weblogs around? There's a million different photo weblogs (and a million different kinds), but sometimes I just want to hear the sounds of other places - buskers, sirens, arguments and noise...

Bookmark this for thirty years and see if they were right... check out the other Fountain of Age Galleries too.

Milky Wimpshake more inside

The Works of Charles Fort The man for whom the Fortean Times was named, he was Mulder and Scully before there were internet nerds. Particularly of interest is his Book of the Damned, a collection of facts that science is powerless to explain...or at least was, in 1919. Full text in HTML format. more inside

"I never went to school for it." Quite possibly the closest I've come to empathizing with all the women that go through with it. (QuickTime - NSF People who hate catchy beats or are too visual)

PUPPIES, PUPPIES AND MORE PUPPIES! A preview of the upcoming Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. Woof! Short yet annoying ad runs first. Sigh.

Spurious George - So what happens if you are confronted, with the truth, small & pathetic though the truth may be, that you are an asshole? more inside

New research suggests that the Australian desert may have been created by human activity. Various ambitious proposals (pdf) have been made for greening the desert - seed the clouds, a giant egg-whisk, a transcontinental canal, a new mountain range. Perhaps the men of the trees have the answer. (Shouldn't that be people of the trees, though?) Happy Australia Day, anyway.

Irv Spence's Daily Diary In 1944, MGM animator Irv Spence kept a cartoon diary of the daily goings-on in the cartoon industry. Big world issues (this WAS 1944) keep popping up, too. Filboid Sudge blogs the diary day-by-day.

Is there anything cuter than two identical twin twelve-year-old girls who have a band together? How about if they dress in matching plaid skirts

Keep you JAYSUS of MAH Penis...ok, so this might not be worth shit, but it's def. Gutsy...particularly the Bush's daughter part. For Quicktimers and For Windowers SFW if you turn your speakers down...I think.