Graveyards of Illinois is where we start our small tour of cemeteries and funerary art. To our left is Bohemian National Cemetery with its beautiful domed chapel, Odd Fellows Monument, and larger-than-life statuary. Another impressive Illinois graveyard is Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, known for its obelisks and its Masonic connections. more inside

Incredible horse, amazing horsemanship De Orpheo a Merlin de Rafi a Pablo The most beautiful horse in the world more inside

A weblog about sexy witches.

66 celebrities who blog. But who cares about them when we have Mr Stephen Fry pontificating at truly inordinate length?

Long time, no see A farmer in Shaanxi has photographed a wild South China Tiger. Feared extinct in the wild, it's the first time since 1964 one of the rare beasts has been spotted.

Fear.net has made the move from reviewing and providing clips of horror movies into making their own. Their first effort, Devil's Trade, is complete, and offered for free online. It tells the tale of a cross made from pieces of a cursed tree, and the effect of the curse on the current owner of the cross. The current project is 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails, a tale of vampires in New Orleans. Episode 6 just recently premiered. more inside

How mother moose outwits the bear - Pregnant moose seek out human company when they are about to give birth, to escape the threat of bears. From the Beeb & Biology Letters.

Sweet Land of Liberty (short video) (NSF non-Americans)

Strange Horizons is a weekly webzine of speculative fiction, including short stories, articles, art galleries, reviews, and poetry. The 'zine is published every Monday. It was founded in 2000, and has extensive archives to peruse. Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, a quarterly magazine, maintains an online archive of articles, short fiction, interviews, and reviews from past issues. Their area of interest is primarily dark sci-fi and horror. more inside

For Some, a Little Raison D'Etre A lovely story about a long-running French class.

Dangerous Graffiti Vandal Apprehended Age: 6 - Medium: Chalk - Punishment: $300 fine

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Some suspect the insectlike drones are high-tech surveillance tools, perhaps deployed by the Department of Homeland Security...No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. Some federally funded teams are even growing live insects with computer chips in them, with the goal of mounting spyware on their bodies and controlling their flight muscles remotely.

Do you know the way to San Jose? I found this googling for map images for an animation I am going to do in after effects. Wow. Maps of every age, location and description.

"There could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after all" Comforting news from the world of microfauna.

GI Jonny, a series of videos on the BBC with accompanying website, is intended to raise awareness of HIV. The first, for example, sees action-figure G.I. Jonny using his 'protector shield' to deflect the foam from Captain Bareback's crotch cannon, laying his foe low with his powerful fisting action, and spying the Commando Bandits through his magic brass eye. This has raised a furore - perhaps not altogether unintentionally?

99 Rooms is a collaborative effort among four artists of different types - painter Kim Köster, Richard Schumann and Stephan Shulz on photography and animation, and sound designer Johannes Buenemann - that is more interactive artwork than game. Köoster painted murals on the walls of abandoned buildings in East Berlin's industrial sector. The murals were then photographed, animated, and given soundtracks. In each room, you find what allows you to advance to the next scene. It can be a simple click anywhere on the screen, pulling levers or throwing switches, or a number of other triggers. If you get impatient, the space bar will advance you to the next room. The presentation is morbidly beautiful. more inside

Curious George: I Hate Norton Anti-Virus. It's time for the annual shakedown and I don't wanna. What do you use for AV? Anything good? more inside

tma/svetlo/tma by Jan Svankmajer (YouTube), a surreal claymation video from the Czech master. (NSFW if your boss will have problems with clay genitals). The Periwig-Maker, a story about a wig maker and a little girl in a plague-ridden London. In Grey Matter, a man creates a strange replica of himself, which takes on life. And just for fun, a rhino dancing flamenco.

It's the little beanies and the lollypops that make things special! more inside

Mr. Keaton will help you hang your pictures for some reason.