Curious George: Need gift ideas! I need help in brainstorming some very cheap but fun small guest gifts for my upcoming wedding. more inside

Curious George: the longest video? Today is MTV's 25th birthday and they're celebrating by showing the new The Streets video, which, at 20 minutes, apparently is the longest ever. But is it? more inside

Battle of Panjawai. A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan describes the 3-day mission that lasted 14 days. (Annotated version here.)

Tourb.us: Find Local, Live Music "Ever find out the day after one of your favorite bands played a show you didn't know about? We've had that happen too often and we hate it. Now you can find out ahead of time so you'll be laughing at your friends when they find out the show is sold out." more inside

MEAT CAKE more inside

Polish Movie Posters

A Primeval Tide of Toxins "Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This 'rise of slime' is killing larger species and sickening people." A long article from the LA Times. more inside

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire After claiming that he is naturally a testosterone bomb, and winning the support of Lance Armstrong, it turns out that Floyd Landis's urine contained synthetic testosterone. Also, Justin Gatlin's a cheat. more inside

The Art of the Shiv

Remember the Falling Sand game that all the cool kids were playing last year? Well, now there's a new version. (java) more inside