Jei Atacama, Healer, and Doctor of Oriental Medicine brings you Atacama Healing Water! That's right, for a mere US $64, you too can imbibe 16 ounces of water that has been spiritually empowered. more inside

WockyJivvy encourages attempts to get truly bad poetry published in anthologies. An excerpt from one selected as a finalist for publication in the National Library of Poetry: "My cat is chewing on her butt;/It makes me think she is a nut./I try to drown the fleas in spray;/They jump and shout and just yell "Hey!"

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) , adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. more inside

Happy Birthday Blue! As mentioned here, here, here, here, sort of here, kinda here, here, here, more inside

This guy reckons the 'gas model' of the Sun is wrong and that it has a 'hard and rigid ferrite surface' below the photosphere. Whaaaaaaat??

Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de Gloire est arrivé. Words, sheet music, history of La Marseillaise. more inside

Biting the hand that feeds you. Not for the faint of heart.

A pictorial survey of uniforms worn by British schoolboys over the years

Zoroastrians in Iran A BBC pictorial around the Zoroastrian community of Iran.

The Treasures of the Library at NOAA The Treasures of the Library album and collection has been developed to share images from rare and unusual books that reside within the NOAA Central Library. more inside

Abused children of Angola - Exorcisms carried out to rid children of Kindoki. A BBC report, sparked by a recent case in London. more inside

Ride to Work Day All you Momo riding monkeys, July 20th is the 14th Annual Ride Your Bike to Work Day! At least if you're not hardcore like the rest of us and ride at least 10 months out of the year. more inside

Fabio After Dark! Listen up men, and listen up good. If you want to score with the ladies, the special ladies, there's only one way to go about it... if you want to open the lock to their hearts, then consider Fabio to be the key. Fabio is a muscular man of mystery. . . Sure, you could pick up one of the many, many, many romance novels that he's appeared on the cover of... But if you really want to get into the mind of this Italian inamorato, you need to hear his thoughts on love straight from his pulpy lips. Yes, Fabio recorded an album called "After Dark," and while you may not see it on TRL anytime soon, it boggles my mind why it hasn't become the #1 selling album in the history of the world . . . via Linkfilter

MYPETCAMS is the world’s first website that lets you use your webcam to watch your pet from any computer in the world for FREE! Which, of course, begs the question: Do you really want to know what your pets do while you're at work?

WorldCom's Ebbers Gets 25 Years in Prison Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison — the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals. [Yahoo!News] I know it's newsfilter, but I couldn't find an appropriate thread to post it to.

Interview with Frank Herbert from 1969 - Long, but for me at least, rather interesting. Subject: the novels Dune and Dune Messiah. Vous l'apprécierez, ou vous ne pouvez pas.

How to trim squirrel's teeth . "If you have a wild squirrel that comes in with overgrown teeth, here is one way to trim them without anesthesia with simple at home tools." Complete with some sample before and after shots. more inside

James Jean (might be NSFW) is an artist whose work I really enjoy. more inside

Beginner's Guide to Podcast Creation You'll need a small combination of hardware and software in order to create your own recordings, and in this iPod 101 tutorial, we'll walk through the different elements you need to create a simple podcast, from computer and microphone through to the finished product. more inside

First action-adventure for your cell phone. "Go underground with Jenny Jet as she investigates the truth about the alien/government conspiracy. Featuring alien Greys, Reptoids, the Feds, and other unsavory characters. Get text alerts from Jenny as she uncovers extraterrestrial installations, biogentic labs, and the coming alien conflict. Invading your cell phone this Fall!"