Dog poo as artistic statement. Via jafproject. more inside

The Hitch explains it all for you: Why women aren't funny edition Taking time out from his usual defenses of the Bush administration's foreign policy (but let us not speak of that!) and his attacks of Mother Teresa, professional contrarian and alcomaholic Christopher Hitchens lays out the facts on why the ladies are deficient in teh funny.

New Poet Laureate for Canada. John Steffler fills the post.

Democrats hate families? Next year, members of the House will be expected in the Capitol for votes each week by 6:30 p.m. Monday and will finish their business about 2 p.m. Friday, Hoyer said. "Keeping us up here eats away at families," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says." Work Monday through Friday? OMG WTF?! more inside

OR-Live. Live and recorded webcasts of surgery. Gasp at the Brain tumour resection, swoon at the hip replacement, tune in this afternoon for the Robotic Prostatectomy.

Dr Ambedkar , champion of the Dalits (untouchables) and creator of the Indian Constitution, died 50 years ago on Thursday. There are tensions as the day approaches. more inside

Carbon Offsets. Sure they are critised as enviro indulgences, an easy out for rich western polluters and governments alike. But then again, they are for real. New offset organizations are popping up all the time, so it pays to do some reseach before chosing your provider.

Goodsearch.com Yahoo-powered search engine that gives to charity when you search with it. (Via) more inside

WTFWJDFAKB?