The laugh out loud cats were a comic strip produced by Aloysious Koford from 1912 to 1913. It detailed the adventures of Meowlin Q. Kitteh and his sidekick pip, as they fled invisible cops, made stew (but ended up having eated it,) and discovered their own flavr.

"They're jealous -- it gives a great shower,"

100 Open Source Downloads and 100 Open Source Tools, Resources, and Template Sources.

Curious George: Sucking it up Hi, I am boring. My vacuum cleaner motor blew up and I can't abide a dirty floor, so I'm planning to buy a replacement tomorrow (#2 had a look at the motor but it's a cheapie designed to die after 5-7 years). We looked online at possible replacements but it's surprisingly difficult, because I am good at making things difficult. more inside

Norman Mailer vs. Rip Torn. In 1970, Norman Mailer directed and starred in a controversial film called Maidstone, which blurred the lines between fiction and reality -- especially the day after the shoot ended, when Rip Torn attacked Mailer with a hammer. (You can view the attack, and the fight that resulted -- which may or may not have been staged -- in the first link.)

It's official. Bush is a dictator. US coup D'etat a reality. The White House has made the Constitutional Crisis official: the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges against an official invoking executive privilege -- even if it's blatantly illegal. stolen directly from the Blue. Spiderwire's post more inside

The final days: the Mayan end of time. “A lot of people ask me if the world is going to end in 2012,” he said, “and I’ve come up with the best way to address that. The short answer is yes. The long answer is no.”

Rotofugi!

Amorous George: Monkeyfilter Original Bodice-Ripper OK, I’m really intrigued by the idea of writing a collaborative, round-robin bodice-ripper (romance novel) version of Hamlet as discussed in this thread. If nobody else is, I’ll ask Tracicle to eek this thread and we’ll never speak of it again. Or, you can just tease me mercilessly about it for the rest of my life. more inside

Dead whale found with its tongue swollen to the size of a small car - with pic. Not something you see every day.

Where's an egg? The enigmatic new game from homestar runner and Videlectrix

And you think your bed is uncomfortable? This five-part video series from Balls Deep explores the sewers of Bogotá and the street "kids" who reside within them in order to evade death squads and social cleansing. Via [Flash, risqué clothing ad between clips, vbs.tv main site possibly NSFW due to snippets of nudity, YMMV, so on...] more inside

Dog fighting. "For too many top athletes and entertainers, this savage sport is outlaw cool."

Get these motherfucking neocons off this motherfucking boat!

Harry Potter and the Curse of Industry and Trade Minister Eli Yishai of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party more inside

Elephants never forget land mines.

New Yorker Monkeys Caption Contest You could actually enter, but it would probably be more fun to enter your caption in this thread.

Cruzin Cooler combines two basic necessities of life....

1. Compose cliche. 2. Post to blog. 3. Profit!

Joe Pesci with His Head On Fire. Critics describe this YouTube video as the apex of human civilization. If Pauline Kael was alive, surely she would say, 'Joe Pesci's head is on fire'. There is no further point to striving for anything, this is as far as we can possibly go as a species. YouTube, SFW(?), 1:39