Sexy tattooed librarians . That is all. stolen from the Blue--thanks, crash

The Frederick Piano Collection . When the piano matters. The collection comprises only grand pianos, built from around 1790 to 1907 (according to Wikipedia the grand piano was originally developed in 1777, approximately 80 years after the piano's invention) and has over 20 instruments in playing condition. more inside

Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Receiving Oral Sex more inside

The photography of Tim Flach A collection of animal photos (Flash). more inside

Big printer needed. It's becoming pressing. This linocut (8 months of work and counting...) of Paris is 1.5m x 1.8m and now nearing completion.

Emails from Crazy People: from the same people who run FailBlog, it seems.

FOX News - still doesn't know where it left its atlas.

When they cut the sacred groves, the Mayans doomed their civilization. They were practicing good forestry management. “They were not allowed to cut down what we’re calling the ‘sacred groves. Then that changed," according to paleoethnobotanist David Lentz's new study."With no trees, you lose water retention in the soil or aquifers so the ground dries up and then there is less transpiration, so therefore less rainfall as well." Agriculture failed. Strangely, we seem to be on the same path today... Can no one stop rampant over-development? more inside

Three lights and the sun. Pulling together a portrait, starting with the sun. The muted colors and the overall feel of the shot that began forming in my head was not something that would interest my client, but I decided that it was worth exploring for myself. via

Indian school for rogue monkeys: Wildlife officials in India plan to build a special school to improve the behaviour of delinquent monkeys. [Via]

Dog Malfunction - You may have seen this YouTube clip of a hideous little stained poodle dog masticating its own tongue in a deranged manner and ululating like an angry duck with a cleft palate, well, there's also Dog Malfunction 2 (a classic which has birthed its own line of meme shoots). But now, friends, enjoy Dog Malfunction - Jazz Version. ALL YOUTUBE.

Warning: Oversize Load Ahead On a per-turbine basis, the cost of transportation and logistics generally varies from around $100,000 to $150,000, said John Dunlop, an engineer with the American Wind Energy Association.

The Secret Garden of Mutabor [flash]. Hello Stranger, we need your help. The Secret Garden of Mutabor is in great danger. You just came in time to save us!

In Light of Nalanda.

Why information is its own reward - same neurons signal thirst for water, knowledge.

Test scores, affirmative action, and actual potential, or while I might do very well on standardized tests, I'll never be as smart or as successful as many people who do not.

There has to be an easier way to design a font than hiring a racecar driver to drive the shapes of the letters. But that's how they made the "iQ font" (download).

Starwho? Whatbucks? NOT Transformers, but Starbucks in Disguise.

God's sick little joke, she said... Surgery is a serious step (and well I know it). What would happen if Universal Health Care was as *good* as that for which military wives can elect? Magnified by millions? Yet the horror stories on the OTHER side might be even worse. Bleeding livers that go untreated, etc. Anybody got a solution to this mess? Or might they like to share some other cautionary horror stories?

Crowdsourcing Star Wars A New Hope cut into 473 15-second clips, each re-made by enthusiasts, edited back together.