Regicide. On this day in 1649, the death warrant of Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland and Ireland was served on a scaffold hastily erected in Whitehall. The event shook Europe and had profound constituional implications that were crucial in defining the polity of successive governments throughout the English-speaking world. For some Charles was to become a martyr, others have remembered the event with less reverence.

Trivial George Monkeys...if you've always thought you could pwn Alex Trabeck, now's your chance: Jeopardy! is taking names for contestant searches in Chicago, Houston, Madison, New York, Phoenix, Tampa, and Toronto. (Posted 'cos I always forget to see if I can sign up, so I would have appreciated a heads-up in years past...)

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Former Minister HIV positive Chris Smith, the UK's Secretary of State for Culture from 1997 to 2001, and the country's first openly gay minister, tells the Sunday Times today that he has been HIV+ for seventeen years. It seems a very welcome openness, but how will it go down? What if it was a ex/minister from your country? Is it time for positive status to be, forgive me, rebranded?

Darwin@Home Planetwide effort to create life within networked digital ecosystems. [Via the ever awesome Reality Carnival]

Paul Newman For Senate In 2006 According to Atrios, Newman is gunning for Joe Lieberman's seat. I say good. I am not a Lieberman fan. more inside

Man peed way out of avalanche. "It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt." That's awfully articulate for someone who just drank 30 liters of beer.

The Abston Church of Christ is like none other. Here be proof that cats like Jesus.

It's everywhere, it's everywhere

How a bill becomes a law

#mofirc weekend party! Old-school IRC chat action. more inside

Science alert! Do your part in a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the search for giant ape-like creatures. It’s yeti@home!

Curious, George: Back Taxes I haven't done my taxes in several years, and the IRS owes me several hundred dollars in refunds. Do any of you monkeys know how I go about collecting my money?

Pipe down yous monkeys. This here's the Real McCoy I tell ya, a style guide that'll make any goofy drugstore cowboy the gift of gab like a real shiek; and give jane that It. So read up on your 1920's street slang ya big palooka.

The soundtrack of the Stone Age. The summer of 2004 has seen interesting discoveries in Canada and India that highlight a new branch of archæological research – archæoacoustics.

The Office Here is the US version of the British comedy, The Office. I had high hopes for the US series, but this is just crap.

The Prokudin-Gorskii exhibit at the Library of Congress web site shows a fascinating variety of color photographs of WWI-era Russia. Prokudin-Gorskii, the Tsar's photographer, took the photos on three glass plates to achieve the color effect, and the Library of Congress shows how the photos were digitally rendered from the glass plates. more inside

Nostril? Is that you? A fine use of ale right here... more inside

<b>Curious, George</b> Where is the best place to post something that I think my fellow Monkeys will find interesting and humorous when there is no link to go along with it? more inside

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