Big rise in Spam

Hmmm - perhaps they should try offering imported orbweavers?(link mildly NSF arachnophobes*). more inside

The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See. [Via]

Fourth century greek humour. A strange flash edition of an even stranger fourth century Greek joke book called Philogelos: The Laugh Addict. more inside

Man mails himself out of prison

Second Life affair ends in divorce. Because it's Friday and I'm bored and I'm trying to run down the clock. [Stolen from teh Wonk.]

The Gehry-renovated AGO opens today. The Art Gallery of Ontario is set to show off its new expansion and renovation today, a very restrained work by Frank Gehry. Reviews so far have been positive. [Vid] [360 scrolly-thingy] more inside

Curious George: Hip Business Name? I need help coming up with a new name for my handcrafted jewelry business. It needs to be hip, and Monkeys are the hippest people I know. more inside

Welcome to SecureOurDream.com -- the wesbite of Joe the Plumber. You'd think that a plumber could get a series of tubes workin', but whatcha gonna do?

Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family has an unhappy weirdo death pact in their own way.

Is your cat plotting to kill you? . Take the quiz. Just don't let the c-a-t see you doing it. stolen from The Blue

Mitch Mitchell has died. more inside

bath time kitteh [YouTube link]

Google Earth Ancient Rome more inside

Moon Wish (lovely small flash game)

Celebrity Apes. Both crap and scary at the same time.

Note to self: open random suitcases. In addition they have been known to yield small sums of gold, a handful of gems, a magic scroll or the occasional rocket propelled exploding kobold to the face...

A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS. "A Bone Marrow Transplant to Treat a Leukemia Patient Also Gives Him Virus-Resistant Cells; Many Thanks, Sample 61." [Via]

Rebuild the Party: Use this forum to post your ideas about how we can rebuild the party. The best ones as voted by the community may be incorporated in the plan we deliver to candidates for RNC Chairman. How would you rebuild the party?

Curious George Goes Back to School. I need a book recommendation. I need to read and review a book about nonfiction writing. My instructor is one of those types who won't give you any kind of guidance about this sort of thing because she's lazy she's flaky she wants students to make their own choices, which of course always turn out to be wrong. It's a real stab in the dark, which is what I'm tempted to give her instead of a review. more inside