Author Saul Bellow died at his home yesterday at the age of 89. (WP link, reg. may be required)

Curious George: MusicFilter Looking for music recommendations. I recently got a copy of Dummy by Portishead and really like it... more inside

The Blind Cow is a restaurant in Zurich staffed by sightless people, and diners eat in complete darkness to simulate blindness. It's gotten so popular that reservations must be made three months in advance.

Curious George - Help with Excel. I'm trying to create hyperlinks in my Excel spreadsheet and am getting errors. more inside

Direct Creative conducted an experiment of sending various items through the mail. Jeff Van Bueren writes up the results on their Web site. (via BoingBoing) more inside

Rumors abound that a DC MeFi Meetup is in the works. Any monkeys want to crash the party?

20 Questions A.I. style. Think of an object, answer the questions posed by the computer and see how long it takes it to identify what you're thinking. (via The Blue)

FAA reconsiders ban on in-flight cell phone use. Now you can listen to your neighbor bitch about his boss/wife/kids/coworkers/mother-in-law all the way from NY to Seattle. Greeeaaat! (WP link, reg may be required.)

Curious George Since the archives are kaput, I'm hoping you helpful monkeys will remember the URL for the film recommendation Web site. You enter info about your tastes and preferences and it gives you a list of films you might like. Any personal recommendations are welcome too!

More school news from Texas. A school district in Texas has replaced "cross-dressing day" with "camo day," after conservative leaders and parents complained about the school pushing a homosexual agenda. Let them be killing machine soldiers instead. more inside

A concession speech like no other. A post from the blog of NPR's Adam Felber.

Exposing the fraud of ADHD. According to Dr. Fred Baughman, "ADHD is fraudulent--a creation of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical cartel, without which they would have nothing to prescribe their dangerous, addictive, Schedule II, stimulants for..."

Curious George: Computer help. I need to transfer emails from Eudora on a PC to a Mac. I have no clue how to do this. Please hope me! more inside

A database of Congress travels. Find out who went where on whose dime, and perhaps gain some insight on why your representative voted a certain way on that drug bill.

Curious George: Scanner help Looking for a scanner that will scan multiple slides at once. more inside

Dokaka is a Japanese artist who does all-vocal covers of songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" among others. Using only his mouth, he re-creates each song bit by bit. Impressive if not a bit bizarre.

Curious George When undercover cops or FBI agents are on a stakeout, do they really sit in a telephone company or cable TV van outside the house for days on end like they do in the movies?

Kitties! Kitties! Kitties!

Penny Postcards. Not your average run-of-the-mill e-cards. Categories include hungover, toilets and just plain weird. My favorites are the WWII cards. (via BonBon) Enjoy!

Are you safe? Even in small doses this substance can harm, even kill. And yet it's a main ingredient in baby food.