Hours of fun reading..maybe

Monkey Cowboy

DILUTE! DILUTE! OK! Finally, an authoritative edition of the writings of the Essene rabbi, long spread via samizdat files.

Salute! BushPresident2004 is a fine site. (A.K.A. Which Monkeys actually read the links on FPPs?) [via Linkfilter]

Do you prefer bubbles or antibubbles?

Losing touch with your pre-teen? Is she or he spending more time on AOL than with the family? Learn to speak the 'language'.

Filthy Monkey Flashhack.

Gay, anti-Vietnam and pro-choice demonstrations are being removed from video footage of the Washington Mall. There seems to be a trend towards editing history at the moment (see my last post). Here's an older article about rewriting history textbooks to "reflect multicultural values".

Teeny Bopper Record Shopper [flash game]

Is your observation sharp enough? more inside

The Biggest Suckers of 2003 more inside

Life is meaningless? Feel spiritually bereft? You know you gotta go out and 'get religion', but you don't know where to start. Never fear, these guys will help you get the ball rolling.

The Drudg Report I find this URL typo result hilarious (and the Google-like layout is clever). [no images, but text NSFW]

Snack Reports is a compendium of sophomoric examinations of 155 snacks by a handful of reviewers. Listed alphabetically, from Andy Capp's Hot Fries to Zingers. I found this site looking for Choward's Violet Mints, which they eloquently said: "Tastes like something out of your grandmother's underwear drawer. Or it tastes like bathroom cleaner. Or it tastes like cheap-ass perfume." At least it's not on this list!

A recipe for eggnog. [NY Times, registration required] What impressed me the most about this recipe and Amanda Hesser's accompanying article was the lack of dietary paranoia, specifically, the absence of the nanny-like fussing over the public health menace of raw egg whites or yolks that usually accompanies eggnog recipes. I reckon traditional eggnog to be safer than driving, for healthy adults, anyway. more inside

Where The Big Boys Go To Die.

More old skool: Who wouldn't love to put a page like this for that special loved one? Bad page design, good writing, hilarious anecdotes, a must read! more inside

"(Americans) should prepare...their coffins, hospitals and graves. The coming days will be full of surprises and great events which will make them a historic example." I've been wondering recently how much of terrorism is them simply terrifying us.

Meme Tree. I'm not linking it. You know what I'm talking about. more inside

Eleanor of Aquitaine Grand daughter of the first noble troubador, married to the king of France and the king of England, mother of Richard Lion Heart and King John of Magna Carta fame, crusader, imprisioned by her second husband for years after she supported her sons in a rebellion against him, doyen of courts of love. more inside