Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys. [Via MeFi]

Curious George: Alas, my close friend and musical partner of 27 years has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He's 59 and one of the best jazz drummers in the country if not the world and at the height of his creative abilities. He has about three months left. I'm wondering if any of you know of any useful web or print resources that will help me assist him with his transition. TIA

Monkey Washes Cat ... donkey rinses, I presume. [Embedded QT] [via]

Herring communicate by farting. Don't we all? via

Kid Blurs Line. The parents of a 13 year-old boy who died falling from a building are suing World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, claiming that the massively-multiplayer online game is to blame ... the boy jumped to his death whilst re-enacting a scene from the game. more inside

This calendar of Bulgarian folklore reveals that today, the climax of the Valchi Praznitzi, or wolf days, is the day of Koutzoulan, 'the most terrible lame wolf, who ate people... " more inside

Java doodling. Try the others. From Paul Schmidinger's site. Shamelessly stolen from Big Blue.

It's Jerry Time True tales from the life of Jerry. Episode #1: "Who's THAT GUY?"

Curious Kids Entertainment As I've probably mentioned too often, I'm the proud father of a 20mo old boy. Thus far we have lived without a TV, and only recently have started renting DVDs to watch with him. Now I have a few questions for the monkeys: 1) What are recommended movies/DVD's for him to watch. He already loves Teletubbies and Sesame Street, both of which I don't mind watching myself. However, I refuse to watch Barney. What else should he see that won't drive Mom and Dad batty? 2) We are thinking of returning to TV-land. If we do get a TV, what are some good shows these days for children?

Curious George: Mac Image Editing I want to make an animated banner-ad sized image to advertise for my band on myspace. What graphics program(s) would be good to use? I need something OS X compatable, easy to use, and free.

Courious George: Making a US FOIA Request I am a Permanent Resident of the US who immigrated 10 years ago. I am curious to find out what sort of records the federal governemt has acquired on me ("I have a file. I have a file!" -- Homer J. Simpson). From doing cursory Google searches it looks like I have to make seperate FOIA requests to each Federal agency for obtaining their records on me. Is there a centralized place where I can apply to get all my information released to me? Or do they deliberately make it painful to obtain the information? I am curious to hear the FOIA experiences of other monkeys as well. Were you surprised by the information they had on you? Disappointed? How about non-US-ian monkeys? What processes does your government have to initiate FOIA requests.

Chop chop! Curious George: slicing and dicing Yesterday I managed to slice open my finger instead of the onion I was aiming for. Looking for either online resources on cutting techniques (Google brings up a frightening number of links with offers including a free set of steak knives) or monkey-tips. more inside

A User's Guide to Time Travel - and for those of you a little more advanced, the TARDIS type 40 Manual. Furthermore, a study of Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies so you can avoid all those tricky mistakes.

Indescribably Horrible! 'Bloodrock' is a must-see and 'Electriclarryland' leaves one bereft of speech!

LoneSentry.com -- photos, articles and research on the European Theater in World War II.

Royalty vs. Nature Is it just me, or would most anyone be able to achieve Albert's psuedo-accomplishments. Especially given unlimited money? He dreamt of a career in soccer, took part in the Paris-Dakar rally in 1985 and is a judo black belt. He represented Monaco at the Olympic Games in the bobsleigh four times and finished 7th in the world championships. Seventh in world bobsled championships? Be still my beating heart. This is less a dig at Albert (whom I'd love to trade places with) and more an invitation to have monkey's opine about nature vs. nurture. Seems that pretty much anyone could be seventh in world bobsled championships,no?

Richard Stallman wears tinfoil hat - gets in Trouble with UN Security. Bruce Perens has blogged about RMS appearing at the UN World Summit on the information society, and protesting privacy issues over the RFID by wearing a tinfoil hat. more inside

Thirty Facts about Chuck Norris more inside

Curious George: Espresso machines favored by monkeys. My current espresso machine is slowly dying and I need to replace it before my life is thrown into a mediocrely caffeinated tailspin. What I need is something that doesn't cost more than $200 ($100 would be ideal, but I want something that will last more than a year) and can make hot, consistent espresso. The frothing wand is nothing more than a vestigial tail as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and don't be pushing none of that pod business on me, I like to grind my own beans. Also, it needs to be pump and not steam driven. more inside

Read Between The Lines Hell... Rapper Houston gouged out one of his own eyes. He really did; there are some very disturbing photos of the results, but I'm not going to post them.