Free Hug Campaign! [youtube] This is a story about Juan Mann, a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. Hug a stranger today in the spirit of the free hugs campaign! more inside

Four on the floor I see your four year old playing the drums and raise you this 3 year old rocking out. Oh yeah, well I have a 2 year old playing drums (not as well admittedly). Yeah well I have a fetus playing the congas but I haven't uploaded it yet. (all youtube)

The Evolution of the Speechballoon.

The Big Picture: Edward Burtynsky. A new documentary is coming out on Edward Burtynsky, the photographer who documents industrial landscapes like a Kubrick on steroids. more inside

Is the Economic Deck Stacked Against Healthcare for the Elderly? {Scroll Down}

Ping Pong as played in The Matrix Funny and very inventive

Eat a dick! Go eat several, of many different varieties. It's "good for your health".

The Nearest Simile Is Respiration a poem. via Poetry Daily more inside

Baby Toupee: Small wigs for small people.

The New Stitch and a new definition to add to 'embroidery'.

Dinosaur porn. NSFW, unless your boss is cool with a shower of dino spoo. more inside

Extreme Baptist Buck Rodgers in the 21st Century ACTION Possibly the most frightening display of Flash Animation EVER!

Cutty Sark Good news for navl history: £25million to improve the display of this fastest of tea cutters, in Greenwich.

How White and Nerdy are you? Yeah, online quizzes like this are poo-pooed around here, but like you don't want to know. Like you don't already know. [via BB]

Some of Hitler's watercolours are up for auction.

Horse Chestnut trees across the south, and increasingly other parts of England, are dying. more inside

Sid Motishead. On Huddersfield One. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE NOT JUST IN SIDS HEAD. Because, y'know, it's probably been awhile.

50 Dark Movies, Hidden in a painting. Flash fun. more inside

Kazakhstan's Borat damage control Kazakhstan has invested $53 million in making a historical epic, Nomad, to counter what it sees as the damage inflicted upon the nation's reputation by Sacha Baron-Cohen's new film Borat: Cultural Leanings of America Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Curious George: Scary ghosts. I guess I'm about 35 days early, but what are the scariest ghosts or hauntings you've encountered in film and literature? more inside