Richard Scarry, Then and Sometime Later. Anyone else here grow up poring over the pictures in "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever"? One man compares the book published in 1963 to the one from 1991. Interesting how things change. via coudal.

Share online drawings This is Brilliant! Not only is it my first post for (seems like) years but this on line drawing thingymabob is spot on! There goes my productivity today!!! more inside

The End of Copyright

Chastising the Wookie. Random euphemism generator. They all sound filthy. more inside

MonkeyFilter finally has real growing pains. MoFi is broken at the moment due to excessive CPU usage on the server. Only the front page is viewable, and links to posts will bring up an error. We will be remedying this tonight, but expect downtime of around six hours. Sorry about that.

The Idler A magazine that lives up to its name, even before you buy it. more inside

I've checked, and this isn't on the list of my favourite things. Andrew Lloyd Webber is to start up a reality tv show, searching for the star of his stage remake of The Sound of Music. more inside

IVR Cheat Sheet Paul English created the IVR Cheat Sheet to help you quickly get to a human when you are trying to call a company for service. (The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.) more inside

Cartographic Curiosities and other maps from the Yale Map collection.

UK Mercinaries Hired by US Randomly Shoot Iraqi Civilians on Video. [Please note there are some "adult" links - no images - on the page containing this video]. All to the tune of "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley. UK Sunday Telegraph British Mercinaries hired by the US videotaped themselves randomly shooting at vehicles in Iraq. Very intelligently, they posted the video to a website (now pulled from the internet) run by a former employee of the "security firm" they worked for. more inside

Curious George: stationery fetishism It seems the English language is lacking a convenient label for someone who 'suffers' from a stationery fetish more inside

Curious George and the Lost Scrilla. Today I found $11 on the pedwalk. What should I do with it? more inside

Live simple Wacko or radical? You decide.

Scottish landscapes beautifully photographed by Douglas Salteri.

In August 2006, the 10th Discworld Convention will be held in Hinckley, Leicestershire. This is half a Curious, George actually. Is anyone interested in attending? I would love to go if I could, and would like some company!

Fire Fart I ENJOY FART google video more inside

The Appliance She's Always Wanted. Just in time for Xmas!

Many videos of tea ceremonies. I'm really not sure what the story is behind this page, but it seems to be a collection of many different tea-related videos.

Curious George: "www" and 2 different outcomes. Here's funnyboneusa.com, and here's www.funnyboneusa.com. Why do they go to different sites?

TPOLM Lazy Sunday Radio. Excellent live/dj streaming electronic music. Today only. ...pics of monkeys on the front page...