Hey Everybody! Toy Commercials From the 1970s!!! more inside

Performance artist and activist Mark McGowan ate a corgi last night. He was protesting a January hunt where Prince Phillip apparently beat a fox to death with a stick and kicked it. I don't see the connection, personally. The RSPCA found that the fox did not suffer unnecessarily, but McGowan is presumably claiming favouritism toward the Royals.

Wine scandal leaves Sausalito with a bad taste. Report on the arson cited in the article here.

Curious George: music recommendations by genre: Is there a good site to ask real people for music recommendations, or might I pick the brains of monkeyfilter? I have been wanting to stretch out my listening lately, but I'm disatisfied with many of the usual community-music recommending sites. more inside

Stinky 18th Century England. And again 100 years later. via