Curious George: Learning Flash Any webarrific monkeys have experience making / using flash for your webpages? I'd appreciate some tips & resources . . . more inside

The Submarine Well, the metaphorical submarine. A good essay on how most of the 'trend' pieces you read are fed by PR firms. more inside

Culinarious George: <i>Fromage</i> What cheeses do you like? more inside

Objective: 4 Kidz. Cuddly, Zealous Religiosity 4 Kidz! How much can you eat? more inside

R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg One of the best new comedians has passed away according to Comedy Central. Discussed previously here, a Wiki page has more. more inside

TV Turnoff Week It's that time of year again. Put on your Noam Chomsky shirt and get ready for some scrapping over media theory. Previously trampled here (which turned out to be the best week ever!). more inside

MC Frontalot Nerdcore. found via BoingBoing more inside

The Financial Cost of the Iraq War Curious George - what does 200 BILLION dollars buy in a war? more inside

ChoicePoint: Criminals posing as legitimate businesses have accessed critical personal data stored by ChoicePoint Inc., a firm that maintains databases of background information on virtually every U.S. citizen. ChoicePoint warns more than 30,000 they may be at risk. Oopsie! Oh, and ChoicePoint was also the company that was paid $4 mil. in a no-bid contract from Florida's Katherine Harris to draw up felon rolls before the 2000 election. Discussed here.

Curious George: The Obligatory Valentine's Thread General Zod is not amused. Perhaps you expounded here or needed some backstory to truly appreciate this greeting card holiday. Discussion, stories, . . probably some liqour, a few hormone-overclocked simians, etc. inside . . . more inside

Name Voyager cool java applet that takes an input name and shows it's popularity over time. via memepool

R.I.P. Jimmy Smith - News is just breaking that the king of the Hammond B3 passed away in his sleep yesterday. We're one genius less today.

Howard Dean runs the Democrats Now. Running unopposed, Dean is expected to be elected as the head of the DNC on Feb. 12th. Yeeeaarrrrghhhh!! more inside

GOP: Donate to get Bush past the Liberal Media After the Armstrong Williams scandal, and the Maggie Gallager scandal reg req., sorry and the GOP call for donations, came the . . um . . stories we haven't heard about yet. Darn that LibMedFi

Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered on PBS. The last network to fall to neocons. Rants 'n links within. Discussed previously. more inside

The Bush Scandal Sheet (First Four Years remix) Clip 'n Save! (daypass required see inside for more) C'mon kids, it's fun to look a the abhorrent abuses of an Administration Gone Wild! more inside

The Youngblood Brass Band I first heard them on NPR and was knocked out by their funky horn sound.more here and .mp3's avail on the website. Hope you enjoy this funky hip-hop jazz brass ensemble from Madison, WI.

Ball . . . game Flash game. Back in the day when your character was represented by a circle. more inside

The Radio Jingle is Dead. Long live the Jingle! more inside

Bush Pushes for Deal Limiting Class-Action Lawsuits Yes that National Mastermind, the Brain who's got Game, our deloved Suuuuper Genius - has called for legal reform. By moving class-action lawsuits to federal courts, people will be weakened in their efforts to collectively sue. Despite evidence that, in fact, businesses are the cause of the "lawsuit explosion" as some claim.