London guerilla graffiti artist visits Palestine. Though Banksy got abuse from both the Israelis and Palestinians ... the latter were slightly less threatening than the Israeli military ...

Cold Comfort for Echinacea Fans MedPage Today -- may require registration; the first time I accessed it, it didn't, but the second time it did. So I dunno. I swore by echinacea for years. Turns out, it don't do doodly-squat for cold symptoms. Vitamin C is less effective than origianlly believed, too. I feel like such a fool!

Sleeping Students Gallery

Curious George: Adware? "Messenger Service" keeps poping up with an obvious adware. more inside

The Amazing Lie Diet Patients tricked into believing that they once were sick on strawberry ice cream subsequently avoid the food. Curiously, chocolate chip cookies seem immune to the effect. [via blog.bioethics.net] more inside

Glitterrock is a "screen capping" site where people have been posting entertaining captions for television and film screen shots for several years now. The site is a little hard to navigate, but you can find links to the galleries here. The humor is a little uneven (this is the internet, after all), but when it's good, it's pretty damn funny. Star Wars Caps. Star Trek Caps. Doctor Who Caps.

Curious George: Skin Care Looking for extremely low hassle facial skin care (for men) more inside

Most Disturbing Product poll. That is, most disturbing products actually for sale. (post on feministing.com found via this post on Bitch Ph.D.)

Cheney Orders STRATCOM To Prepare Nuclear Attack Against Iran? Is CONPLAN 8022-02 the "trigger" of WWIII? more inside

Alien Abduction - it's bullshit, isn't it? These weird aliens only ever take backwoods rednecks and loony writers. Oh, except for Nobel winner Dr Kary Mullis and the talking raccoon. more inside

Your next chicken nuggets could be engineered from tissue in a petri dish. (Village Voice) more inside

Curious George: Weird Phone Call Last week my mom got a weird phone call that was either a scam or someone casing the joint. Anyone heard of this? more inside

Alas, we hardly knew ye This list of seven companies that should have made it in the Internet economy seems a bit lacking to me. What 'net company/service do you miss the most or feel didn't live up to your expectations? For me, it's Kozmo, despite their idiotic business plan and ludicrous expansion attempts. They were the ultimate in (near-) instant gratification. via.

A Book of Scoundrels. Discovered while researching Deacon Brodie, the gentleman thief whose double life inspired R.L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

The Zen of being Simpson Interesting take on a celebrity who's never seemed more than background noise.

Philosophy made easy The books which defined the way The West thinks now. In their own words, condensed and abridged to keep the substance, the style and the quotes, but ditching all that irritating verbiage. You there! Get you some philosphizin! These talking heads actually have things to say! And in these handy abridged formats, you cant afford not to question the nature of knowing and being! Come on down and test drive some today!

PandaCam Live, streaming, Real Player video-type stuff of a panda and her new born cub. She's asleep at the moment. Ah.

Curious George: Ah, evening(s) in Toronto. Would anyone be able to give a list of great dining spots for Toronto? I'm heading there in the fall, and a good friend is moving there in a month. We'd like to avoid the chains and find the unique or outstanding meals. Price no issue.

Curious George: Internet Connect is driving me batty I just got my first mac a few weeks ago, and just recently it's started acting up. Every hour or so Internet Connect pops a little window... more inside

I made pizza for Kim Jong-il / Part 2 / Part 3 A curious tale by Ermanno Furlanis about how he was invited to North Korea to teach them how to make authentic Italian pizza for Dear Leader. more inside