Ugly Dresses. The Pregnant Prom Dress has got to be the worst.

Monkey portraiture. Seems appropriate.

The Museum of Chimpography. This somehow seems appropriate here.

Dustbowl Photographs. Some amazing images. Via Plep.

My Garden Kicks Ass. Postcards by Anne Taintor. more inside

BoxBots: Robots Made From Boxes. Because in this atmosphere of global tension it is too easy to overlook the irrelevant. Via Chapel Perilous.

Shroud of Turin: More fodder for the debate. I thought this seemed like a good Sunday post. Apparently the sewing style "belongs firmly to a style seen in the first century AD or before." Your call.

Hog Heaven: Celebrating 100 Years of the Harley-Davidson. "In 1903, the same year Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company and the Wright brothers first flew, William Harley and his friends Arthur and Walter Davidson launched the Harley-Davidson Motor Company." more inside

Russian Prison Tattoos. "It is not known when tattooing first became a common practice in Russian prisons and Stalinist Gulags. Soviet researchers first discovered and studied this underground activity in the 1920s; photographs of prisoners from that period suggest an already elaborate and highly developed subculture. More than simple decoration, the images symbolically proclaim the wearer's background and rank within the complex social system of the jailed." Via Geisha Asobi. more inside

Secrets of the Magic 8-Ball revealed! But do you really want to know? Via J-Walk.

Khaan! Stupid, I know, but I keep on laughing. Found at The Ultimate Insult. [Flash]