Halo Zero. Halo Zero is a fan made side scroller starring Master Chef. I'll be interested to when and if Microsoft responds to this. Well worth a download.

Curious, George: I wanna feel his salvation all over my face. My cousin is in a bad christian rock band. How can I influence him away from this awful "genre of music"?

Find 74 bands in this picture... If you find all 74 bands without rushing out to buy Virgin Records product...well, then, you've stuck it to the Man.

ROFLCOPTER!!!1 A little bit of flash silliness.

Eugene McCarthy, dead at 89 Many of you "kids" may not know who he was, but he was one of the political good guys of the 60s and beyond. The 60s liberal generation voters, including myself, reallly wanted him to win sooo badly, but the Democratic Party had fragmented by then, and he lost. And things have gone down from there. But, he did force Lyndon Johnson to give up his bid for re-election. We could so use a new McCarthy clone, but I don't know whether the Democrats have the basic where-with-all to nominate anyone so willing to stand up for liberal principals. Kind of the end of my dreams.

Richard Pryor, 1940-2005 One of the fathers of contemporary comedy is gone.

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Panda dog. Panda dog. Panda dog? Panda dog! more inside

For a dog free state. Dogs claiming territory across Austria, with photographic evidence. WTF? (NSFW?)

Jose Padilla finally charged with a crime The "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla, an American citizen, has finally been charged with a crime after being held in a military brig for 3 and 1/2 years without ever being charged of commiting a crime. Oh, and that whole "dirty bomb" thing that got him declared an "enemy combatant" in the first place? Not mentioned in the charges. more inside

Educational Doilies? Hook, yarn and hyperbolic planes: Crocheting curved space to illustrate indescribable geometry. more inside

The Chill of 2257 Spreads ...going after BDSM in your home. more inside

The World Cup draw has been made. Gentlemen, start your moaning... more inside

Samorost 2 Friday FLASH fun from the makers of Samorost and the Polyphonic Spree Game.

Roll your Own Snowman! A bit of Flash fun for the end of the week.

Anonymous Hirsute George: After performing some searches on the internets which proved useless, I turn to you, lady monkeys, for haircut advice. What is the preferred hairstyle for a man's furry bits? Au naturel? Trimmed? Mt. Baldy? My gym is populated with retirees, so quick glances in the sauna aren't revealing of how a young, swinging monkey should be styling himself to his times. Thanks!

Exchanging a paperclip for a house, by degrees. Montrealer trading stuff - he should be able to get himself a handgun any day now.

CURIOUS, GEORGE: FIREWALLS .. Being somewhat stumbling in the I.T. arena, I am seeking advice from 'Monkeys' as to what would be the most efficacious Firewall software for the O.Systems of W-2000, WXP-Pro and W-ME. One also runs Linux. The separate systems are, unfortunately, necessary. Advance appreciation to all of such limber lucidity.

Germany backs bigger brothels to fight World Cup sex explosion. The event's organisers are expecting at least 40,000 prostitutes to descend on Germany from throughout Europe to meet demand.

Bitanic: The poster for Brokeback Mountain was copied from inspired by the one for Titanic (embiggen).