Odysseus' man Eurylochus blogs the big fight at Troy. more inside

Curious George: Top Secret! Of course there is... more inside

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch. Tasty environmentalism! Which is, as we all know, the best kind.

What chefs want in the new year. Mostly the end of truffle oil as a viable ingredient. Curious George addendum: What do YOU want from the resturant(s) you patronize this coming year? more inside

The FBI's top ten art crimes (at least going back 15 years). François Toulour not specifically mentioned, but you can see evidence of his handiwork.

What are creative people listening to these days? Find out at Designer's Mixtape; 14 creative types so far, each offering seven selections, nicely streamed in an easy-to-use thingamabob. more inside

A dab of ephemera for your Friday pleasure: Blossom bears baby boy (with scary pic). Note: scary pic is of Blossom, not of the baby. Also, from the Department of WTF: Blossom has a Ph.D in neuroscience. Gnaw on that.

Of Men & Their Elegance Men's fashion as represented in art, at the Higbee Gallery at Kent State, from the 1660s to the Edwardian Era. Nary a blue polo in sight.

PDA sucks? pocket calendar completely floofed? Little black notebook in tatters? Go ultra-lo-tek with a pocketmod: free online disposable personal organizer maker that prints out on a single sheet of paper. simple, elegant, and temporary - like everything should be! (via the inestimable Lifehacker)

A real James Bond calls it quits. Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale - Decorated vet, POW, Perot VP candidate, Epictetus scholar, Illinois native and all around tough motherfucker, died yesterday from complications related to Alzheimers. He was 81. more inside

"Outside every thin girl is a fat man, trying to get in." -Katharine Whitehorn. A small collection on insulting quotes and notable putdowns for your poisonous pleasure.

Curious George: Career Marketing Services = Scam? I'm looking to make a switcheroo, and need help, but don't want to get scammed... more inside

The top 50 things every foodie should do 50) Go for a pee at Felix. "Felix, at Hong Kong's Peninsula hotel is simply the place to go for an after-dinner pee... designing the lavatories was clearly what interested Philippe Starck the most. The men's room has a floor to ceiling glass wall offering dazzling views of the Kowloon skyline with an all-glass urinal ranged along it, for an authentic master-of-the-universe experience." Shake twice, gents. If I get to a fourth of these, I will consider myself exquisitely fed.

Curious George: Broadband Takes Naps Periodically, my net access goes "away" for a while, and it drives me nuts. How can I fix it? more inside

Hubristic CEOs Actually Suck? "...companies run by “superstar” C.E.O.s—those who’ve won major awards from the business press—underperform their competitors and the market as a whole in the years after they win their awards..." An interesting study on the effectiveness of the "celebrity CEO." more inside

Curious George: What's the deal with Deadwood? Watched my first episode last night... more inside

Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide. He stomped on the tarmac. more inside

How YOU doin'? Missouri #1 State For Getting It On! I, of course, was totally clued in from the get-go. more inside

Curious George: I want a TiVo! I know the basics - can anyone recommend the best type of TiVo and acccompanying DVD-R to have? What questions I should ask when I go shopping around? Month-to-month or lifetime subscription? Are they going out of business? Assume I'm a guy who watches a few shows regularly, loves movies, and is sick of seeing my river of full-package cable content flow by unexamined.

26. The full names of Scooby Doo's Mystery Inc members are: Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scooby "Scoobert" Doo. Shaggy is actually Norville Rogers. One of a hundred things you didn't know this time last year, courtesy the BBC (and thus having a UK flava). What'd you learn this year? Also: "Scoobert"??