On NSA Spying: A Letter to Congress Fifteen constitutional scholars and former government officials express their concerns regarding the administration's warrantless electronic surveillance program. Be warned, this is a long article. (Short version: they're against it.)

Get a monkey a day from the Daily Monkey! -- Via more inside

Chewbacca's got a blog. Is there anyone left who doesn't have a blog? I bet even your cat has a blog.

Got your suit on? don't tell me everyone here is ignoring our national holiday....

Control your banana habit with Virtual Hypnotist. Free and open source! Via FmH more inside

Does my ass look fat in these pants?

Oscar Nominations are out. Of course, they're teh suck. Feel free to discuss/criticize, in a spoiler-rich environment. more inside

As mothninja says Have at it.

The 30 Most Spoken Languages in the World I guess it shouldn't be surprising that Spanish is now the second-most common and English is down to third. Should it?

Part two of the idiotic videos feature on monkeyfilter - 8bithuffers-ns.avi. The best combination of amatuerism, inventiveness, being in the midwest, and having a true comic gift. And Ray Parker (composer of the theme from Ghostbusters).

<b>Curious George:</b> Stepping out into the Blogosphere. more inside

RIP Wendy Wasserstein Playwright Wendy Wasserstein, author of The Heidi Chronicles, The Sisters Rosenzweig and other works, has passed away at the age of only 55. more inside

University cashier makes inappropriate remarks. The story itself is only mildly amusing, but what leaves me dumbstruck is that the school literally has an Ivory Tower. more inside

Flying dawgs. Not to be confused with this. Airborne cats. A radio controlled flying cat! Nasty Google cat video deliberately not linked.

another annoying reason to cut down on the booze...what a bummer.

The British Amusement Park (with daily Alligator feeding and other Great British fun) more inside

Plagiarists A long list, unfortunately.

A short comercial from a cross fader manufacturer. (.mov) more inside

The strange secrets of humor, fear and a guy who makes big money making little people laugh A very interesting article from the Washington Post that is well worth the read. From that unmentionable place. more inside

Thanks to the magic of google videos, we can now watch this video created for a spanish class by RISD students.