Cooties PSA. I thought this was amusing, having been obsessed with not catching boy cooties in the 4th grade. But I'd never heard the cooties innoculation chant until today! We just used invisible cootie spray. What were your playground cootie or other rhymes and chants, and where did you live at that time? (I was in Dayton, Ohio.)

'Embuggerance': British humorist Terry Pratchett, 59, diagnosed with "rare form of early onset Alzheimer's." more inside

Binocular Soccer. A new Olympic sport? Should be! Another product of Takeshi Kitano's comic genius.

That should be errata. Northern Exposed regrets the error. One million murders in Detroit. 40-45 pounds of shrimp. Dewey beats Truman. And more!

A tough-guy's Christmas Story (part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). more inside

Who ate all the pies? Um...me! Dog nearly ruins fat blert's chances.

Buy less crap this year. Please! Nothing here that won't be familiar to most MoFians but it doesn't hurt to have a timely seasonal reminder that our profligate lifestyle's days are necessarily numbered. (Flash Animation) more inside

Ike Turner 1931-2007. The man who wrote the first rock and roll song has died at his home in San Diego.