Learn To Speak Body [youtube] will teach you how to understand people at a party without words. more inside

A Man's Home is his Castle Cabin. Having run out of furs, Canadians will now ship out log cabins to the UK. A perfect fit -- be seeing you, eh?

When Harry Met Betty The history of cake has been long and varied, and many have interesting histories. Some are misleadingly named. However, few have had as mysterious and interesting a history as one of the 20th century's most famous cakes, the Chiffon. From the always wonderful Rake Magazine. more inside

Goatse has nothing on me. For I have the greatest glory hole of all!

Frontline: News War Readers didn't need a week of front-page stories about diaper-wearing astronauts and the alleged cultural significance of Anna Nicole Smith to tell them that the Fourth Estate is having an identity crisis. There's also last week's Pentagon inspector general report criticizing the Bush administration's manipulation of prewar intelligence, reminding Americans that most of the Beltway media danced to the White House's drumbeat to the Iraq war four years ago. more inside

What does a bid for the White House and Cockfighting have in common? While New Mexico argues over those little warriors that come out of eggs, things can get quite serious. Have no fear, there's always Gamecock Boxing! more inside

Mark Wickens collects olive oil labels and fruit wrappers for fun and profit.

London: A Life in Maps Lovely microsite from the British Library. As well as the maps, some nice e-cards to send, and even a Google Earth layer. Cor blimey!

Death by lethal injection -- is it cruel and unusual punishment?

Doubloons! Every year during Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, the various marching groups, known as krewes, toss to the crowd aluminum coins called doubloons. Doubloons typically have the krewe name or insignia on one side, and a depiction of that year's Mardi Gras theme on the other. Paradegoers like to collect the doubloons, and some can sell for $25 or more on Ebay.

Card companies now selling both the poison and the cure. Not rich enough selling Valentine's Day cards and pocketing some of the individual's average $92.30 spent each year, some greeting card companies are now aiming for the Anti-Valentine's Day crowd. Aah, the ironies of Capitalism...

A Designer Grand Piano (YouTube) Looks great; sounds tinny. more inside

Curious George: Sankyo for your help. Monkeying around with an old movie projector and roont it! more inside

Purple & Brown. Aardman at it again. more inside

BBC takes a look at 11^th September 2001 controversies. [NewsFilter] more inside

"The Last Good Morning" There's something about cereal mascots and the way they get burned into your head, especially the ones from when you were a kid. Between the constant barrage of commercials on Saturday mornings to begging your parents for a box of sugary crap just for a cheap, plastic toy, no wonder they worm their way into your subconscious. So, if you happen to have any cherished memories left you'd like to keep of them, please don't read this comic.

Niger economy benefits from trees. (Newsfilter, NYT registration may be required. Farmers in Niger have begun loving the trees they used to cut down to grow crops. more inside

Curious George: I forgot my parchment paper. I am making little curried potato pasties, but forgot to buy parchment paper at the store. Is there something else I can use to bake these on? Would it ruin them to butter the pan a bit so they do not stick?

Daleks as a force for good Missed this at the time. Would that all pitiless mutants bent on universal domination exhibited such a fine social conscience.

Nice wildlife photography.