Leisure Town: Though the original is down, someone was kind enough to mirror it. Get it while it lasts.

Brain plays a significant role in decision to mate "Like people, common marmosets live in family groups and do not mate freely with one another." Coming next: scientists reveal why people fear murderers. [via monkeywire]

MetaFilter unconditionally surrenders to MonkeyFilter. Citizens demand more, better monkey content. Redistribution of bananas to begin forthwith; Haughey to be replaced by macaque? more inside

Curious George: Timetravel info suggestions needed. more inside

From one little campaign scream a blast of new music emerges. (Warning: One click and you'll want to hear them all!)

Hektor - the grafitti-drawing robot.

Mayan Ruins A well laid out photographic atlas of Mayan ruins in the Yucatan peninsula.

Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943): In 1939 this young Jewish artist fled from Berlin to southern France, where she began painting. She produced a body of work (over 1,000 gouaches, text, and music) which she called Life? or Theatre? [click on "complete work" in link to see]. She gave her work to a friend shortly before she was sent to Auschwitz, where she was killed.

Game Girl Advance is a gaming site made with a literate, multi-gender, gawker-savvy audience in mind. Take a peek at Matthew Barney vs. Donkey Kong, Lara Croft Needlepoint and the first Playstation game to come with a vibrator (pun intended).

Donald Rumsfeld's Home Movie Donald, you should be more careful when there's a video camera around. This was taken when Reagan was in the White House.

Drunk American soaks crying Brazilian baby on airplane. Police said Duffy appeared to be drunk on the flight. When the baby began to cry, he complained he could not sleep. He then asked for a glass of water and doused the toddler with it as the shocked parents watched.

The main cause behind the catastrophic decline of Asian vultures may have been found. Hopefully this will lead to less use of the drug, and the Parsis won't have to resort to solar panels.

A Mannequin For Every Budget. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets...

Bypass Compulsory Web Registration. www.bugmenot.com

Insane dodging game. (Links direct to a downloadable .exe file) via World of Stuart and Kieron Gillen's workblog more inside

Whale explodes on Taiwan street. (Warning: sort of gross.)

Is it rude to diet? This speaks to frustration - while the typical New Zealand woman does not suffer from the diet fad du jour, combinations and permutations of dietary preferences (oh, so you're a vegan who doesn't eat onions or garlic - how interesting) often sees dinner parties organised according to who I can feed as much as any other factor.

"Let's say 1 cookie equals $10 billion..." Ben Cohen explains the federal budget with Oreos. [Flash.]

Remember John Bobbitt? Here's a slice of his life, a cutting-edge update as to his whereabouts during the last few years. As Ex-Wife No. 2 reports on his famous fixture, "It looked like a little pig wrapped in a blanket." (Via the ever-amusing/amazing PervScan.)

5ives. Yo Monkey, what's your 5? Here's mine: more inside