Richard Jeni is tragically dead. Picked up from the blue, but posted here because the man who came up with one of the very funniest things I have ever, ever heard deserves to be noted in his passing, and deserved a passing greater than this. more inside

Connie Chung blows up. WTF?! A bit of mid-week wackiness to make you feel well adjusted. [YouTube] more inside

The Zen of being Simpson Interesting take on a celebrity who's never seemed more than background noise.

All that jazz: Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller, and Paul Provenza have a new documentary about comedy that, like most works that explore the extremes, helps define an art. Previously referred to here. (NSFW) more inside

Wal-whiners : Walmart takes their ball and goes home. more inside

Quality Film Making Own a DVD of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Of Mice and Men, or Invasion USA? Then you got screwed. more inside

Order of the Stick Are you a member of the Order? A webcomic for all those who've sweatily fondled twenty sided dice.

Joint Stereo MP3s: The Myths and the Realities. A link for all those monkeys who are getting into mp3s, but aren't as advanced as our resident music fanatic forksclovetofu.

Curious George: Anyone connected to Clear Channel? This MeFi posts suggests... more inside

Castaways: Have you been Lost? more inside

Discomforting Communications: What do you think these pictographs are saying? (blatantly BoingBoing) more inside

Curious, George: Stenciling? Anyone know any good 'net resources and how-to's on stenciling? Particularly portrait stenciling? more inside

Curious, George: What do you know about Venezuela? more inside

A love note to the 'premiere' actor of a generation. While I don't feel as strongly about Tom Cruise as the author apparently does, he does nail some of the reasons why Cruise has failed to thrill as an actor. more inside

Intifada Snapshot A discerning view from ground level at the state of the Isreali-Palestinian conflict at this instant.

Lessig blames himself Not a lawyer? Wondered what went wrong with a Supreme Court decision that had HUGE implications for modern culture? After a year of pain, Lawrence Lessig finally delineates ALL the mistakes in the Eldred case, and he doesn't hesitate in pointing the finger. (via Metafi)