What makes good TV? Apparently it's adults suffering from ALS and kids with Progeria or Down's Syndrome, victims of hate crimes and home invasions, and a crew of kind folks willing to make it all better. via.

Warren Gamaliel Harding once choked a man just for stealin' The teapot dome scandal - perhaps the most circus like of American scandals,included kickbacks, bribes, murder, suicide, bribery. Oh, it's no Enron, but it had President Warren G. Harding choking Charles Forbes shouting, "You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard!" Harding was so complex and disturbed a man he had four (count 'em: four!) mysteries and to top it off: a mysterious death more inside

Stanislaw Lem Dead at 84

Plastic Bags: Over 117 Billion consumed this year so far. Some of us have been Tilting at Tree Bags, because they're so prevalent. The Film and Bag Federation also have an environmental section. They point out that plastic over paper reduces solid waste. Unfortunately it seems that plastic bags don't go into landfills so much. Still, you can make stuff out of them. Still, there is debate - Paper, or Plastic?. Choose Neither. more inside

Curious George: Hosting my own web site, kind of. I'm creating a website for a family friend's business. Very simple, just several pages of information and downloadable CVs (Resumes). I'm using PHP to reduce the workload, by running EasyPHP on my Windows XP SP2 machine. This is an easy way to install and run Apache, PHP and MySQL. I'm on ADSL, with no router, just a USB modem. I need my customer to look at the site and give me comments on the design. They don't live nearby, so I want to be able to give them an IP address, and then they can look at the site live on my machine. How do I set up Apache, the firewall and so on? Security is important. Does anyone know of a better way of letting them see it?

Today in Japanese Amputee Sex Doll news VERY VERY NSFW!!!one11!! Also unsafe for, well, anybody else.

Curious George: My Own Religion I want to start a religion. How do I do it? more inside

Applauding George: Monkey comments deserving an encore. So there's a MoFi comment that you remember and still laugh at, but never gave the author his/her due. Or... more inside

Curious George: Confusing movies. I'm wondering if any other monkeys tend to get confused about plot points when seeing new films. more inside

The tragedy in seattle. Live Journal of one of the victims more inside

I am computer literate! Who gave you permission to invade my website and block me and anyone else from accessing it??? Please remove your software immediately before I report it to government officials!! I am the City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma. via

The steam engine. Pumps. Ships. Trains. Tractors. Shovels. Rollers. Cars. Turbines. Catapults.

October 23, 1989: a certain lasagna-loving cat wakes up to find himself alone... Utterly alone. more inside

Chinese Opera comes to America...and Canada...and Singapore, more inside

Curious George: Louisville, KY. So I’m going to be in Louisville next week for the USITT conference and I was wondering if any monkeys could tell me about that fair city. Things to do, places to eat, and places to get drunk would be great. Thanks more inside

Pagoda upon the Hermit's Head - A massive 50 foot boulder covered in gold perched precariously upon an extremely small inclined area of contact with the rock beneath, a 23 foot shrine mounted upon it, high in the mountains of Myanmar (Burma). It is a reliquary for a hair or three of Buddha, with attendant temples. It seems to be just about to topple over, but this giant gilded rock has weathered storms and earthquakes for over 2,000 years. And it would take you a while to get there.

Squid.

RIP Buck Owens More than Hee-Haw, more than "Act Naturally." Discovered his music a couple years ago and have been a die-hard fan ever since. Goodbye ol' pal.

Spray-on Dress. Warning: hard nipples as seen thru clingy fabric.

Before the Shopping Center. Department stores and malls. The land of consumption. Nothing last forever.