Figures of Speech. An interesting look at the various literary tools employed by writers and examples of their use. This is a useful resource for students of literature or simply those who enjoy reading and writing.

Curious George: Which new language would you most like to learn if given the chance? Why? ... sort of follow-up to this and this. more inside

22 beautiful things, selected by this guy from this place.

Sing for your supper. (or in this case breakfast). Here's a TV commercial (MP2) that just started running in Canada this month, for a Yogurt drink called Yop. It's fun, so start the week off right! courtesy Screenhead via LF more inside

Doodlebug (flash) Draw Draw Draw

Bush smokes bush! (The monkeys are slipping?) First Bill Cosby is accused of sexual assualt, and now George Bush is a coke head? Where are all the role models gone? Next thing you know the rumors of Bush having KKK ties will be found to be true. People where are the family values!?

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The 'Posture Photos' The questions about nudity and our attitude to the naked body on the Lolo thread reminded me of this: freshman students, both male and female, were being photographed nude by university authorities during the 40-60's. Supposedly a voluntary practice for some anthropological project, most weren't consulted, and they accepted it as a normal procedure. But ever since, the value of the project has been questioned. While some of the institutions take it lightly nowadays, it was quite an strange event. A few pictures can be seen here, with the needles quite visible (900K Acrobat PDF) more inside

Maps of Narnia. more inside

Hand painted Russian film posters (for non-Russian films)

Bleeding Edge gothic dolls. "We, the Begoths, are the purveyors of medieval delights, the esoteric eccentrics for a new millenium, as our palate desires the gothic necessities that run as blood through our veins."

Paris got hijacked (hizacked) (NSFW) Paris Hilton had her Sidekick hacked. More interesting than the main link, which is mostly just the photos she had on it, is her address book(SFW). Ever felt like calling Eminem? (Don't bother; his voicemail is already full. Why not try someone less famous? Like Fred Durst. I left a message for him earlier this morning...)

It puts the lotion in the basket. We've all got mad at our parents, but surely this is going a bit far? [via.]

Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide. He stomped on the tarmac. more inside

Fine Art by Eddie Breen

One Year Performance, by Sam Hsieh. (Quicktime movie, slow-loading.) Tehching (Sam) Hsieh made five "One Year Performance" pieces: the Cage Piece, in which he spent a year in a cage; the Time Piece (also see main link), where he punched a clock every hour for one year; the Outdoor Piece, spent entirely outdoors; Art/Life, collaborating with Linda Montano, to whom he was connected by an eight-foot rope; and the fifth, unnamed performance, marked by an absence of art (halfway down). more inside

Curious George: Curse of Lolo... I was on Google last night looking for more info on Lolo Ferrari, clicked on a link to a site, saw a split-second glimpe of a plain white background with 30 typed ones in the top left-hand corner, like this; 111111111111111111111111111111 more inside

oh pollux! (flash warning)... magic roundabout, the movie. more inside

goodbye cruel world! more inside

Patterns! Beautiful patterns! Remember Mac OS 6? Remember making patterns pixel by pixel with your choice of 8 colors? This is sort of like that but way cooler. I was just using some on my webthing and thought I'd share. Also, check these out.