Going nowhere in your job? Then go nowhere faster! Behold, the workplace treadmill! [via ATL]

Your Guide To The Language Of Financial Disaster.

Norman Whitfield, dead at 67. ...here to make right everything that's wrong...

Curious George needs some podcasts. Do you monkeys have any favourite podcasts you'd care to recommend? I do a few from among the ceeb's offerings (usually C'est la vie and Quirks & Quarks), but I'm looking for something a little different. Downloadable preferred over streaming. Suggestions?

The Curse of the African Grey.

David Foster Wallace, dead at 46. The guy who wrote the doorstop Infinite Jest.

Cops illegally taped nursing home sex. GrossOutNewsFilter to start your weekend off right. Detailed Court decision available here [PDF]. more inside

Jeff Koons took his doggie to Versailles.

Election Projection. For your U.S. election forecast needs: Electoral-vote, Fivethirtyeight, Pollster.

The writ has been dropped. Canada's election is on.

Heroin-addict elephant to rejoin herd after rehab.

Michael Jackson at 50; or, "What Happened?" A photo essay from Rolling Stone.

The 90-miler. This weekend will see the annual running (?) of the Adirondack Canoe Classic, a canoe race of three days, eight portages, and, well, 90 miles. Classes include one- and two-person canoes and kayaks, War Canoes, and for that touch of authenticity, beautiful Adirondack Guideboats. Can't afford one? Build your own!

Shorpy.com is a photoblog featuring high-definition images from the first half of the 20th century.

Co-author of 100 Things To Do Before You Die dies at 47.

Italian priest to organize 'beauty contest' for nuns.

Hinterland Who's Who: The Beaver. The Moose. The Swift Fox. The Burrowing Owl. The Muskox. more inside

Missing: turtle with two heads. Found: fish with two mouths.

Outback mayor seeks "ugly duckling" women. With a ratio of men to women at five to one, the mayor of Mount Isa makes a plea for "beauty-disadvantaged women" to move to his fair town.

Curious George and his Ethnic Porn Collection. Today's announcement that Canada's new porn channel will feature 50% Canadian content, as American porn is 'tiring', leads to the inevitable question -- what makes 'Canadian porn'? What are the hallmarks of your country's porn? What are the traits of some other country's porn? more inside