American domestic propaganda during World War II. Fascinating pamphlets including "Do You Want Your Wife to Work After the War?" and "Can the Germans Be Re-educated?" As the site says: "The American Historical Association produced the G.I. Roundtable Series to help win World War II. Or so they were led to believe. In fact the U.S. Army sought the pamphlets as part of a larger effort to prepare for the transition to the postwar world, and represent a novel effort at social control. "

"So you want to win a monkey, well you have come right place."

Evil 2 the Core "Hostile undergarments for smiling professionals." Hate your job? Your boss? Your clients? Say so on your undies! Ah, that's better.

"If you knew sushi before, we'd like to show you sushi as you've never imagined it." Forget that heart-shaped box of chocolates, give gorgeous candy sushi this Valentine's Day!

"By now you must have heard of dipping plush bears in a vat of hot scented wax, but if you haven't, you are in for a real treat and a great fund raising idea!"

From one little campaign scream a blast of new music emerges. (Warning: One click and you'll want to hear them all!)

Remember John Bobbitt? Here's a slice of his life, a cutting-edge update as to his whereabouts during the last few years. As Ex-Wife No. 2 reports on his famous fixture, "It looked like a little pig wrapped in a blanket." (Via the ever-amusing/amazing PervScan.)

Has your hedgehog been pestering you about volunteer opportunities? Put that hedgie to work for charity at the second-annual Wheel-A-Thon! Let's just hope there isn't too much self-anointing going on.

A bean that grows into a plant with a leaf containing a printed message... that's impossible, right? How the heck do they do this?

Your doggie needs a business card.

What do golf, a Scottish liqueur and the Norwegian Arctic have in common? Funny you should ask...

Actual press release: "Darrell Waltrip and Duncan Hines(R) Invite Fans to Get 'Boogity, Boogity, Boogity(TM)' With Brownies." Yes, it's a NASCAR brownie baking competition.

2004 Valentine candy heart sayings! New ditties for the crunchy little candy hearts include "IM Me." Don't see any you like? Create your own!

Belly button lint explained. Now will some kind MeFite PLEASE post that link to answer this question so I can stop screaming the link at my monitor, hoping it will somehow make it through osmosis into Ask MeFi? Thanks and many bananas to you.

Winston Churchill's parrot is still alive, and still complaining about Nazis... in a Churchillian accent!

Where is the mystery woman who started Beatlemania? Where could she be, USA Today wonders. "Her whereabouts today are unknown." But wait! There she is, in the very same day's Washington Post. Heh. (Reg. req. for WaPo)

"Doggone Crazy! says it's a "great new dog bite prevention child safety game that we believe can benefit every family with or without a dog!" But just in case teaching your child to "stand like a tree" doesn't do the trick, there's also a link to the book, FATAL DOG ATTACKS.

A truly (self-)loving, whacked(-off) gift for your monkey-spanking Valentine.

The 2004 Graceful Envelope contest promises to be as lovely and unique and inspired as in years past.

Think you could do a better job as president than any of these bozos? Well, here's your chance!