Beerious George: Formaldehyde? *hic* I've been told by 3 separate bartenders that draught beer has formaldehyde in it, that's why they only drink from bottles. A Google search shows at best that there may be two reasons for formaldehyde being in beer. (1) Can manufacturing and (2) ethanol breakdown. Are either harmful enough to avoid draught beer? more inside

The War on Terror and Drugs. At first it all seems innocent enough...then you look closer. "The War Against Terror and The War On Drugs" is a series of digital art prints by Nigel Ayers.

First World AIDS Day: CBC archive A short clip from December 1st, 1988, the first World AIDS Day (with a Canadian focus). Also of interest from the CBC archives are two pages of radio and video clips (21 in all) on the early years of the disease. x-posted to MeFi

The FBI's top ten art crimes (at least going back 15 years). François Toulour not specifically mentioned, but you can see evidence of his handiwork.

TISWAS - If you grew up in the Southern UK in the 70s-80s, you know exactly what Tiswas was was, and images of The Cage, the Phantom Flan Flinger, Lenny Henry, Chris Tarrant, Sally James' tits, people covered in gunge, and Sylvester McCoy pre-Dr Who dressed as a sunflower getting doused in horse shit or having nails driven into his nose while gurning spring instantly to mind. If you're from anywhere else in the world, you will have no idea, and trying to explain this Saturday morning kids' show to you will be largely like me trying to explain what was so good about that acid trip I took in 1986 when I mind-melded with a herron. more inside

The Grace Lee Project. Do you know a Grace Lee? more inside

Run Nickdanger run - Nickdanger's magnificent odyssey comes to an end? Hopefully he'll just be resting up and continuing with his journey because I haven't laughed so much in ages. Scrolling sideways through monkeyfilter using the Newer >> link is weird.

Bedbugs Attack New York City. "'They're insatiable,' he said five minutes into the bug's feeding. To show off the insect's special sucking stylus, Mr. Sorkin removed a bedbug nymph from a container and placed it on his finger. Even under a bright light and being nudged by tweezers, it began to feed and turned rust-colored as it filled with blood. Bedbugs...can live longer than a year, with the female laying up to 500 eggs in a lifetime. An adult bedbug can survive unfed for up to a year." Article includes a photo too. They look small. more inside

OCR Curious George: Can anybody suggest a way to get text out of my scanner and into my Mac? (OSX.3.8) I have been trying to use ABBYY Fine Reader Pro for this purpose, and am getting nothing but gibberish. more inside

Choosy Muppets Choose Roland Space Echo - the gear porn of The Muppet Show via music thing more inside

A New Body Farm. In 1980 William Bass at the University of Tennessee created a place for people to study how bodies decompose. For 25 years, it's been a one of a kind research center, even inspiring a popular novel. Now Tyler O'Brien at the University of Northern Iowa is applying for a grant to create another research center - one that will expose their subjects to different climates than those typically found in eastern Tennessee. more inside

Face transplant. A women in France receives the worlds first face transplant. more inside

THOR AND MORE. Joint instructions from the jointed.

Braaaaaaaaaains Queasy George - crumbed lambs brains and lard sandwiches...it's quite surprising I made it to adulthood considering the food I relished as a child. Fighting over and winning the last cold crumbed lambs brain in Nanna's fridge was a rite of passage. C'mon spill the beans - do any of your former favourites come back to haunt you in the hungry wee hours? more inside

Purple people. I don't know what it is about the color, but some people are passionate about it and let it dominate their lives. They are easy to pick out because they are the ones dressed head to toe in purple. They have entire stores dedicated to the lifestyle. They scare me. Can anyone explain to it to me? [If anyone out there is a purple person, I don't mean to offend you. Please just explain yourself.]

Soviet Animal Revival Experiments conducted in the the USSR in the 1940's. This is sort of like flatliners for dogs. [WARNING: disturbing Quicktime video] more inside

Bad Sex in Fiction awards 2005 - Like Zorro!

Bread Why is the goverernment hiding this information from us?

Your kisses tase like wine, er peanut butter? This reminds meof a bad movie.....

Library Thing A tool for building an online representation of all those precious books on your shelves. Browse the shelves of others, find people with similar reading interests. more inside