Blood-Sucking Monkeys At Temple Attack Hundreds Of Kids

The Jim Rose Dubya World Circus of Freaks. Jim Rose is bringing his latest freakshow to Europe and this time it's "a mirrored reflection of what's wrong with American society" Including Mighty Konn, a native American who gets his testicles smashed with a sledgehammer. What part of American society does Mr. Lifto Represent?

Hot Sauce for kids? Lisa Whelchel, who played Blair on the popular 1980s TV series Facts of Life, is an advocate and practitioner of "hot saucing." Whelchel, the author of Creative Correction: Extraordinary Ideas for Everyday Discipline, says the practice worked for her children when other disciplinary actions did not. more inside

Convergence Kills. An interesting (and long) take on why Apple is so angry about Real's DRM circumvention. Via Coolfer

One more reason I won't be joining the military any time soon. US military have developed a dried food ration that troops can hydrate by adding the filthiest of muddy swamp water or even peeing on it. I can see the benefits of these rations, and the science behind the packaging is amazing but it's still disgusting. more inside

wget to the rescue. Having trouble keeping up with all those mp3 blogs? This guy has figured out a way to scrape all the new audio files from your favourite sites. more inside

And you thought Apple was a bad name? Sure, lots of celebreties give their kids weird names, but so do regular folk. ESPN is taping a show about kids named after the network. According to ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle "...there's no better testament than when someone names their child after your product." According to this article from Psychology Today "kids named Espn tell of parents with a more general love of sports." According to me, they are retarded. No disrespect to retarded people intended.

Porn for shy male gorilla. A ZOO is planning to show its 'shy' male gorilla explicit tapes of other primates mating to get it to make a move on his female companions. more inside

Nickelback Sucks. more inside

Teleportation breakthrough made. more inside

Legendary New York punk guitarist Robert Quine was found dead in his apartment in NYC. According to Billboard Magazing he died of an apparant heroin overdose. Quine was a member of punk pioneers Richard Hell and the Voidoids and worked with other luminaries such as Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, John Zorn and Lester Bangs. RIP

Streaming Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey Apparently you can stream the new Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey albums here and here. more inside

A busy person's guide to the Bush press conference. Just in case you didn't catch it last night and you don't have the time (or desire) to read the full transcript.

Great news for all Canadian Monkeys. Looks like sharing copyrighted material is legal in Canada. For now.

Take the Life as a Loser Experience After 5 years, Will Leitch has written his final Life as a Loser column for The Black Table. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, but always entertaining. If you really like it you can buy the book

The Modern World Since I basically missed this thread, I thought I'd post this link to the main page instead of burying it under 103 other comments. The Modern World is a great refernce for anyone who is into Eco, Borges or just literature in general.