The Guard Dog One of five Oscar-nominated short films available to watch today on Salon (you know the drill...)

The Sarah Foster Sweater Collection for GI Joe and his friends

Sega adverts

Jeff Gannon comes out swinging. Mr. Gannon I have one question for you. Is this a "come-on?"
And geez, did this slimebucket have to steal Hunter S. Thompson's words? Sorry to stink up the joint, but this (and this) made my hair stand on end.

Don't Cook This Dog. The strange and really heavy land of missionary pots, sad irons, and flop griddles. Obscure and beautiful cast iron cookware.

Was the U.S. really founded as a "Christian nation"? Our nation was founded not on Christian principles but on Enlightenment ones. God only entered the picture as a very minor player, and Jesus Christ was conspicuously absent. . . . Though for public consumption the Founding Fathers identified themselves as Christians, they were, at least by today's standards, remarkably honest about their misgivings when it came to theological doctrine, and religion in general came very low on the list of their concerns and priorities--always excepting, that is, their determination to keep the new nation free from bondage to its rule.

London Meetup: Redux The Great God Marduk, God of Spring, Guardian of the Law, and slayer of Tiamat, has risen. more inside

Banana Bunker! A new and improved variant on the infamous Banana Gaurd. Because who needs a gaurd, when you can have a bunker? (Via Gizmodo) more inside

Curious George Do you get ill playing FPS games on Xbox? more inside

This is totally sweet.

Curious George: GAMESWAP
Alright, we already have music swapping in place, but what about a little something for those of us who like-a da video games? more inside

Santacon
Because it's STILL snowing in NYC.

Missile Defence - thanks but no thanks Seems like Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's been flaunting some massive cojones lately. Now it's rumoured he'll have the audacity to change his mind on a hot-button campaign issue and tell Bush off on his missile defence plan that costs a lot, makes the global political climate worse, and just plain doesn't work. With any luck, anyway.

"I am writing this letter (you may need to adjust your browser's text size) in protest of the perverse travesty I have suffered at the hands of Mr. Bradley in the form of the horribly unjust "F" grade he has given me for last semester in his complete fraud of a class, World History 101." more inside

Curious George: How to find a lost sister. I can't find my sister, who was last heard from in Mississippi (where, presumably, she lives) a month & a half ago. My dad and I are seriously considering putting out a missing persons report if we don't hear from her by Saturday. I'm trying to find her before that happens, but my google-fu is failing me, and since I only have a few names and no phone numbers, google's all I've got. more inside

"Lejo's simple but unique puppets consist of nothing more than his bare hands and a pair of wooden eyes." For fans of The Muppets and Señor Wences. more inside

(sex) Toy Robots

The Saga of Lt. Ilario Pantano An American Soldier who has be charged with premeditated murder for an incident that happened more than a year ago. An incident in which he was cleared for by his battlefield commanders. Is this Justice? Or is the government using him to try and placate critics of the war?

The Secret Gospel of Mark? For all of your Indiana Jones/Umberto Eco conspiracy theory needs. more inside

Gifts for: a sick bastard, a vain bastard, a baby bastard, your bastard ex. Who says Design is Dead? more inside