art, toys, funky stuff Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-A-O (Comrade Duck) Mickey Mao! This and other funky monkery at munky king

Photos of the extremely rare, teardrop-shaped and streamlined, three wheeling 1934 Dymaxion designed by R. Buckminster Fuller and constructed by yacht maker Starling Burgess. more inside

INAPPROPRIATE CAPS: Misleading title 4 exclamation points The Daily Kos hive mind parodies itself.

Modelman's models, man. Behold -Dracula! The creepy Mr.Sardonicus! The schmaltzy Hot Rod Herman! The pellet-gun worthy JFK!

A trip to North Korea Photos by Russian web designer Artemii Lebedev.

For that special goth in your life: strange doll (the shadow boxes look like something out of Se7en)

Parze pleedon me In the 1930s and 1940s, F. Chase Taylor – under his pseudonym of Colonel Stoopnagle – produced dozens of spoonerism fairytales which appeared. The originals were printed in the Saturday Evening Post and eventually published in a collection. The book is now out of print,but some of the stories are on Fun with Words, including: Prinderella and the Cince,The Pea Little Thrigs and Beeping Sleauty

It's art...man. Having no formal training or instruction, Leon’s paintings reflect the world around him . His work can be found in many homes and establishments throughout the greater L.A. / Orange County areas, including California Corvettes in Yorba Linda, Medieval Times in Buena Park and the Fox 11 Newsroom.

Why is it always the low-level, disgruntled employees that are causing trouble?

Like hockey fights? Like hockey goons ? Then check out the Worst. Goons. Ever. more inside

Padilla Lite A CBS news Iraqi cameraman wounded by U.S. forces as he videotaped clashes in Mosul in northern Iraq in April 2005 was detained by the U.S. military for over a year without charge or evidence. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalistssays that kind of thing has been happening a lot. more inside

Curious George: goofiest sex terms you've heard? Whether you're interests lay in jilling off, scissor fighting, or in a 5 digit disco, some of those sex terms might come in handy if someone asks if you want to be a GSQ.

The peace pole project was started by Masahisa Goi, founder of The World Peace Prayer Society in Japan. There are hundreds of thousands of them planted worldwide in 180 countries (even outside Ft. Bragg). They act as a silent prayer and message for peace on Earth. more inside

Warren Gamaliel Harding once choked a man just for stealin' The teapot dome scandal - perhaps the most circus like of American scandals,included kickbacks, bribes, murder, suicide, bribery. Oh, it's no Enron, but it had President Warren G. Harding choking Charles Forbes shouting, "You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard!" Harding was so complex and disturbed a man he had four (count 'em: four!) mysteries and to top it off: a mysterious death more inside