The Sea Organ - a coastal installation at Zadar, Croatia, designed by architect Nikola Bašić. It plays strangely beautiful music with the aid of the Mediterranean Ocean, wind, some polyethylene tubes and a resonating chamber. Sample.

Work in literature. "Joshua Ferris, author of an acclaimed debut about office life, goes in search of the workaday world in American literature." From the U.K. Guardian. If you're gonna turn off your TV this week, you'll likely be reading more than normal. Might as well read the literature Ferris looks at, like Bartleby the Scrivener (setting: 19th century Wall Street), Kafka's The Metamorphosis, The Great Gatsby, Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road, and George Saunders's Pastoralia.

Fun at Home with Salt Water Aquariums. Fun, fun, fun 'till a 6-foot nocturnal worm starts eating your coral.

Remember kids - dogs go "bark", sheep go "baaa" more inside

"We are not starting a party because we have an ideology...a vision for a better Bhutan. We are starting a party because the king has ordered us." Democracy is coming to Bhutan by royal fiat.

TV Turnoff Week! Previously! Also! And here! A week to turn off your TV (and computer?) in order to better understand what role TV plays in our daily lives. more inside

No seat on the Tube? Then these are the boots for you.

Jesus.is.a.Zombie.and.he'll.EAT.your.brains... more inside

Catapult Boy Learns The Hard Way

"The Dwarf Carried Other Worlds Too!" Today scientists from Geneva discovered the first Earth-like habitable planet just 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra. Larger, denser and most important: orbiting around a dwarf...

"For several years I haven't had a hair on my head, but since I started drinking my urine it's started growing again - it's extraordinary." Sadly, however, urine drinking in Cameroon could soon get you jail time. more inside

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps. By Naomi Wolf. Because it's been too long since we've enjoyed a good old skool "Bush sucks" thread. The intrepid H-Dawg posted this link here, but it seemed FPP-worthy.

Number systems of major languages and minor dialects more inside

"An amazing collection of postcards from the dawn of the twentieth century that depict what life would be like in the year 2000" This collection of German postcards were originally give-aways in Hildebrands chocolates in 1900 -- they depict the world as it would be in 2000. Included are a water-unicycle, slidewalks, locomotives pulling houses, personal airplanes, weather control systems, amphibious railways, police X-rays for seeing through walls, and, of course, zeppelins. Beautiful artwork, too more inside

David Halberstam 1934 - 2007 David Halberstam [wikipedia] was an American journalist and author . He wrote about sports and politics [nytimes]. He had some masterfull things to say about the role of journalists and how they may not be living up to that now. He died [nytimes] yesterday at the age of 74. more inside

Laminated Bananas Really. Watch where you step. more inside

Man leaves unusual tip in London restaurant.

the worlds most fantastic Praying Mantis photo This will make you smile, and perhaps dance! more inside

Curious George: Save Darfur? Hi monkey's, long time no see. I am considering making a donation to the group "Save Darfur," but I'm not sure if I should. I have heard mixed messages of this group and I'm not sure what is true and what is hype. more inside

MoFi Nashvegas Meetup? Any Nashville monkeys out there? more inside