Visual assessment of problematic transitions.

Don't judge my hair. Ah, go on then. Worth clicking back to some of the earlier pages.

A Venn diagram of mythical creatures. Pretty good - it works in three creatures I hadn't even heard of, and others I was a bit vague about. Why no chimera, though? (And why were there no winged centaurs?)

Am I the only one that wasn't invited to Jill and Kevin's wedding? . How could I miss this? It was on NBC. It was featured in WaPo. It's even on their website. more inside

Trikewriter - a neat way of taking your message to the streets.

The Placebo effect is getting stronger. The effect of sugar pills is estimated to have doubled (in some instances) in 2 decades, the effect varies in strength from country to country and even the colour of the pills is being shown to have an impact. Fascinating stuff (and my first exposure to the term nocebo too). more inside

A Decade of New Species Discoveries in the Himalayas.

Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture? [Via]

There once was a Curious George... Does anyone know any good bawdy (but not filthy) limericks or poems? more inside

Female Power.

YES!! Oh yes oh yes. Clippy messes with the wrong .doc

リワインド [SLYT] [via]

Erupting Volcanoes on Earth as Seen From Space.

Revolutionize Your Butt! I'll see your Monkey Western and raise you a Winker. more inside

Gigantic Lightning Jets Shoot from Clouds to Space. [Via]

An All Monkey Western more inside

The Rorschach Paintings. "In creating her new series, Pareidolia, artist and chemist Vesna Jovanovic detected biomorphic and medical forms in blots of ink." [Via]

The Robin Williams Rollercoaster
(the whole chart, readable-sized, here) more inside

All Hail Homunculus Over on the gray, our and MeFi's own Homunculus is being justly honoured on the occasion of his 1000th ! post! Here on MoFi, he's made nearly 500 first-rate posts and innumerable thoughtful contributions to others' posts. Way to go, you little devil!

The Longest Poem in the World is composed by aggregating real-time public twitter updates and selecting pairs that rhyme. more inside