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"The Tofu Hut isn't a building, and it's got nothing to do with soy protein." MoFi's beloved forksclovetofu and his cute little Tofu Hut get a big shoutout in the first paragraph of an L.A. Times article about MP3 blogs.

Curious George - Sleep Apnea Followup Questions I wasn't sure this would get the proper attention if I posted to my previous querie, so I FFP'd. I met with the doctor who told me that I have a rather high ratio of waking (92 times) per hour and now I am going to get surgery for a deviated septum, tonsillectomy as well as removing some of my soft palate, all in one fell swoop in early August. I’m also going to get a cpap machine in the next few days and have a few questions for the folks who have experience with them. more inside

PasswordMaker is a small, lightweight, free, extension for Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape (IE support coming soon) which creates unique, secure passwords that are very easy to retrieve. Nothing is stored anywhere, anytime, so there's nothing to be hacked, lost, or stolen.

didn't take long. Ah. That's better. Development was stuck on that thorny 5th amendment thingie for awhile, but we've moved beyond such archaic priciples.

Why, it's Hamsterific! A gallery of user submitted hamster pictures. (Warning: camera shutter imitation sound!) Read it for the user comments! Here is a recipe for Hamster Meat Loaf, although it does not contain hamster meat itself. Learn how to care for a pregnant mother and witness the miracle of hamster birth (WARNING: GRAPHIC!) However, make sure your hamster is actually pregnant before offering unsolicited aid. Lastly, a quick guide on how to train a hamster

Construction Equipment Theme Park ...I really haven't even read this article fully. I just posted it because it had nothing to do with sexual inuendo, unlike this recent mess.

You Sick Fucks!

The anti-porn. Community blog taking an "unwholesome" direction? Here's the cure.

Mr. T's Be Somebody, or Be Somebody's Fool Part of the Mr. T Webring Made in 1984, this "educational" video teaches kids such great things as "use anger, don't lose it!"; if you're walking down the street and you fall down, just start break dancing so no one will know you fell; one great way to get in shape is to run into the Pacific ocean while fully dressed. more inside

War of the Worlds Retrospective
War of the Worlds Book Covers
Book Illustrations
Orson Welles Radio Play, Script (& its sale).

The Huns & the Fall of the Roman Empire 'In 1984 a German scholar worked out that 210 reasons had been advocated for the fall of the Roman empire. Peter Jones enjoys a "fine narrative history" that concentrates on just one.' The Huns. Reviews of The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather and The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins, from the Telegraph.

Animal Wierdness du jour starts with an ancient mystery about Pygmy Elephants now solved (they're their own subspecies). On a smaller scale, Sri Lankan eggheads found dozens of new tree frog species, but realise many known species are either extinct or on the verge. Even smaller: male and female fire ants have independent gene pools, almost as if each gender is its own species. more inside

They weren't all peaceful easy feelings. Her biography is hard to piece together (details such as where exactly she was when she died of a heroin overdose are unclear), but while she was alive, 70's era singer-songwriter Judee Sill made some amazing music. NPR reviewed a recent release of her music and I was reminded of just how great it sounds. more inside

Hail the Emperor! "Perpetuation of the Byzantine Idea incarnated in a Dynasty . . . living evidence spanning some 350 years." But some disagree.

Curious George - The Occult in Islam Quid's post below reminded me that I could go here with a question I have been having trouble with. I am in the middle of the research phase of writing a screenplay that takes place in Iraq. Since the theme of the story has at least partially to do with the occult and demon possession, I've been reading all kinds of stuff on the history of Mesopotamia and Babylonian religion and the occult in that tradition as well as the history of Satan, demons, possession and the occult in Christianity and Judaism. Now I want to find out about the history of the occult, demonology and possession in Islam and am finding very few sources at my library as well as online. Does anyone in monkeyland have ideas about info resources on this admittedly fringe topic?

Muslim Heritage. more inside

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor calls it quits. Let the political fun begin! more inside

Needed: Protestant Latinists The vast majority of the church fathers and the Reformation’s writers have not been translated into English. Most of the history of the church remains a closed book to the modern world because that book is in Latin or Greek. There is a solution. The question is: Will anyone adopt the solution?

Do you want to be ugly and/or impotent? If so, consider taking up smoking. So says a new anti-smoking advertisement campaign from the NHS (various media), targeted at males who might worry about staying hard (flash) and females who might worry about losing their looks. We all know that smoking is carcinogenic to humans, but is the risk of cancer no longer a sufficient (de)motivator? more inside