What's hairy, hops, and is fun to say? potoroos and bettongs and bilbies and numbats and quolls

flong.com more inside

Expact "is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums." more inside

Light To Unite click on the link - light a virtual candle - donate a dollar to AIDS research (courtesy of Bristol-Myers Squibb)...

2000-2004: The Ten Largest Food Poisoning Outbreaks Here are the 10 largest food-poisoning outbreaks reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2004, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal outbreak records. A total of 7,840 adults and children got sick or died. And of course the CDC link devoted to food poisoning.

The Top 20; a celebration of the first five years of the Very Large Telescope. more inside

Do it yourself cartoon kit (a short cartoon from 1961) - youtube

Sumo movies (Windows Media, though the older ones are in Real) more inside

Art Face Off A grassroots project bringing democracy to the world of art. more inside

The Mt Wilson 100 inch primary stripped of its reflective coating. Poured in sections, bubbles of air were trapped in swirls and waves, many very close to the polished surface. Edwin Hubble used this telescope to show that our galaxy was not the whole universe.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade circa 1932 (approximately).

1,000 Picture links to places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors

It either bites, stings, hops, or baaas Australia has some wicked strange animals. They can be divided into three categories: poisonous, odd, and sheep. Whether it's under water or in your boot, slithering, flightless, or swimming, Australia has some nastys. And then there's the plant life. more inside

Homosexuality and the right. One Republican's take on the advocation of And Tango Makes Three in Shiloh Elementary School, Shiloh, Illinois. more inside

Silverfish! Adults can hang around for 2 or 3 years, EATING UR BOOKS. more inside

Had any lately ? There should be a few freaky ones around MoFi, or are there?

The worst-designed webpage. ever. And I dare you challenge my claim.

Ten outsider artists (Flash)

Falling down Remember that busload of kids that pitched off an overpass in Huntsville, Alabama? Four of them died, and now the Westboro Baptist Church is picketing their funerals today (Friday). Although Phelps' minions will be kept two blocks from the services, the local Unitarian Universalist church will try to deal with them peacefully by accepting pledges for every hour that Phelps is out there. more inside

The police appear to have trouble finding recruits who have interests other than beating the shit out of anything that moves. more inside