What Makes a Cartoon New Yorker-Worthy? Draw Your Own Conclusion. How does a New Yorker Cartoonist deal with rejection? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade: The Rejection Show, Official Site for all things rejected. more inside

Midichlorians are real! Specifically living in tick ova. Midichlorians are fictional organisms described in Star Wars. Tick ova are not. more inside

Cheerleaders gone bad. No, wait, done good. Oh, whatever.

Double Wires (flash game where you get to swing around like spider-man)

Thinning the herd. No, it wasn't Jackass he was imitating...

Sick Little Monkey. I have a head cold and a question for those who know medicine. more inside

Middle School Girls Gone Wild They writhe and strut, shake their bottoms, splay their legs, thrust their chests out and in and out again. Some straddle empty chairs, like lap dancers without laps. They don’t smile much. Their faces are locked from grim exertion, from all that leaping up and lying down without poles to hold onto. “Don’t stop don’t stop,” sings Janet Jackson, all whispery. “Jerk it like you’re making it choke. ...Ohh. I’m so stimulated. Feel so X-rated.” The girls spend a lot of time lying on the floor. They are in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. When are girls too young to go wild? . . . What happens when the whole culture crosses over? more inside

Tom, may I borrow your Holy Book? No, the other one ... Newly elected Congressional representative Keith Ellison caused a stir when he stated his intention to take his oath of office with his hand resting on the holy Quran. The Detroit-born Minnesota Democrat is answering his critics by borrowing for the ceremony a translation of the holy book from the Library of Congress -- a book that belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson (purchased by the library in 1815). I can say little more here than "Cool." more inside

Sebastião Salgado photographs the natural world. more inside

Plural the same as Singular ...Curious George...Nouns that are the same in singular as in plural. more inside

Iblard - the fantastical art of Inoue Naohisa more inside

14 yr. old sails his Cheeky Monkey across Atlantic solo. Turns out he still couldn't escape his parents.

Curious George: Best MoFi Post of 2006? Well it's happened again. You've wasted another Internet Year (tm) watching MoFi. So, if Pandacam made the best post of 2005, what's your vote for "Best MonkeyFilter Post of 2006"? more inside

Giant Rabbits. Prize winning giant rabbits. Giant rabbits need your help. Beware the giant rabbit.

Eau de Play-Doh Play-Doh Cologne Spray This Limited Edition Cologne was created to celebrate the 50th Birthday of Play-Doh! Hasbro said the fragrance is "meant for highly-creative people, who seek a whimsical scent reminiscent of their childhood." Also comes in BIRTHDAY CAKE, DIRT, GLUE, PAINT, SAWDUST, and WHISKEY TOBACCO. more inside

The Fate of the Artist - a weblog by comics artist Eddie Campbell. There's a lot of intersting stuff on there about From Hell, the exceptional Jack the Ripper story written by Alan Moore. more inside

13 pictures that changed the world. You've probably seen most of them, but the descriptive paragraphs below each reveal some quite interesting backstory notes.

The Children's Railway... FROM HELL

Giant Kites of Japan. A visit to the Yokaichi giant kite festival. One of a number of such festivals. Or visit a Giant Kite Museum. They are called odako (大凧, sometimes romanized as ohdako or oodako), literally: "big kite". more inside

Tale of the Tape: Bikini Boot Camp vs. Army Boot Camp.