Tati Danielle I see one of the all-time great weird clothing chains of the world is in trouble. With magnificent website like this, how could it all have gone so wrong? more inside

Curious George -- info suck My average internet usage has tripled, then quadrupled in the last few weeks, although the basic way I use my connection hasn't changed and nor have my surfing habits. I don't have a website, (well, I do have a small one, but there's nothing on it), I don't do any filesharing, and all virus definitions are updated (and I'm on a Mac, so there's nothing really current out there anyway). My ISP says that there's a lot of usage going on when I connect. What the hell is going on? Ideas? As it stands, this is costing me money, and I don't like it. Thanks!

Church and date "Just think, we've made Koniakow lace for altar cloths, priests' robes, even the Pope himself. And now people are going to wear Koniakow lace on their arses!"

Japanese jingle gets chart action. "The lyrics have an enormous impact. Maybe this song is more radical and aggressive than songs created by mediocre punk rock bands," said a review on Amazon.co.jp. more inside

mew! mew! tiddles! As featured in the Metafilter Access thread, people are really crap at drawing cats.

A rare tooth-in-eye operation has enabled a Thai teenager to see again after six years of blindness. Good Lord, this is amazing.

Muu! Hva

Setting the tone I really don't have the first idea if this is true or false, but the link alleges that new Iraqi PM Allawi shot six prisoners in the head shortly before assuming power. more inside

Will Ted Nugent run for the Senate? Because that would be, like, totally awesome. more inside

The Hebrew version of Shrek 2 is getting a nip. In its original Israeli dub, the hit animated comedy had one character threaten to emasculate another by saying "Let's do a David Daor on him" - a reference to the singer's voice. "This film intends to present me, in perpetuity, as a eunuch, a man with no testicles," Daor said. Anyone remember what the joke was in English?

Lobsters After copulation, the female huddled in a corner of the shelter while her new shell hardened. In exchange, she left her old shell as a postcoital snack for the male. He began nibbling a few minutes after dismounting

Height unknown, weight unknown, number of legs unknown. Who is this guy?

A naturally caffeine-free coffee plant has been found growing wild in Ethiopia. "This wild plant produces a naturally decaffeinated coffee bean. It's a product for those who don't like GM organisms and who like the taste of non-decaffeinated coffee," he said.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves will sort out your punctuation problems, leaving you grocer's-apostrophe-free and generally unassailable, both morally and grammatically. Yes yes? Louis Menand is less than convinced.

English champagne (sic) is hot stuff! Laura Fraser, 18, a student, said: "You tend to think if it's called champagne and it's from France it would be better but it is not so sweet." Tarquin Allerdyce-Lewis, 44, an artist from Edinburgh, described the French champagne as "disgusting."

Men with breasts. Probably NSFW.

Smarter than most? Get along with others particularly well? As usual, you're too modest.

Are you proud to be a merkin? Our operators are standing by.

I heard some guy on the internet dug a hole!

Abu gharaib wonderland! Abu Gharaib is infamous as a prison where former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime tortured and executed opponents. more inside