OMFG... "I snorted my father."

Swedish couple fights to name their daughter "Metallica". "It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."

"Louie Louie" Turns 50 The gold standard of garage rock has a storied and illustrious past, but can you sing all the words? thanks to j-walkblog for the inspiration

"You are who you pretend to be." Or, the gentle art of selling yourself. A nice, gratifyingly short article from the Guardian on self-invention and the process of becoming who you wish you were.

iGod repenting made easy

Health Newsfilter: Universal Blood Newly discovered enzymes may potentially enable blood from groups A, B and AB to be converted into group O negative, which can be safely transplanted into any patient. The method may enable manufacture of universal red cells, which would substantially reduce pressure on the blood supply.

Curious, George: Your favorite media player sucks. Okay, so I got a problem. Windows Media Player is creating folders on my USB drive. "What's this," you gasp? "Yes," I reply! more inside

Zooming down into the mandelbrot set forever and ever (youtube video)

Deep fried goldfish. Never before have our little fishy friends been so grateful for the powers of convection.

Trailer Club 70. Trailers of strange films from the seventies and beyond

Gay man in 'bashing the bishop" suit The Bishop of Hereford is being taken to an industrial tribunal by a man who claims he was refused a job as a youth worker because he is gay.

Curious George: Are there any graphically creative folks out there in the monkeynet who know where online I can find a font that looks like a wood carving? Hm?

Dress like a pirate and be forced to walk the plank.

San Francisco peregrines George and Gracie nested on the Bay Bridge this year; bad idea. Scientists from the Predatory Bird Research Group at UC Santa Cruz removed their eggs for incubation and hatching in a more safe location. more inside

Curious George: Breaking In A Mitt What's the best way to break in a mitt? more inside

"...only a chocolate Jesus / Can satisfy my soul..."

No rulebreaking at Wal-Mart! more inside

Boston Marathon run virtually Sunita Williams qualified for the Boston Marathon but will be out of town on the day of the race next month. The race committee was gracious enough to let her participate virtually, bungee'd down on a zero-G treadmill in the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. more inside

Sport Bean! Need a quick burst of energy but don't like trail mix or Clif bars? Give the Jelly Belly Sport Bean a try! more inside

Cuteness, lethal dose of. A single link to YouTube, yes, but also, technically speaking, the single cutest thing ever.