Top ten self surgeries - listy fun. With added "gah! and "äieee!" and more "gah!"

Twilight: a review. (With bonus added sex scene, so text may be NSFW.)

Austenbook (spoilers.)

The Simpsons rip off = child porn. A NSW Supreme Court judge has ruled an internet cartoon in which lookalike child characters from The Simpsons engage in sexual acts is child pornography. more inside

What every nativity scene needs. HOPEFULLY, I sneak this one in before homunculus beats me to it...

Otto the Octopus is bored.

My autobiography is now illegal - Ursula Vernon comments on a case the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is helping with, where a comic book collector is being charged with possession of child pornography aka manga comics. As Neil Gaiman said; “They found his manga, and found some objectionable panels,” Gaiman said. “He’s been arrested for having some drawings of rude things in manga. I’m sorry, but if you went through my comic collection, you could arrest me if you’re going to start doing that. It’s just wrong.” more inside

Ten last pictures - including one we've seen before.

Thomas Kinkade's 16 guidelines - for making stuff suck. If you're like me and weren't fully familiar with his body of work, I'm here to help you out.

Silver bullets - not as easy to make as you might think. ...Tonto didn't cast these over a campfire.

Winners and others of the 2008 Bioscape Contest. Using light microscopy to extraordinary effect.

Big rise in Spam

Hmmm - perhaps they should try offering imported orbweavers?(link mildly NSF arachnophobes*). more inside

Note to self: open random suitcases. In addition they have been known to yield small sums of gold, a handful of gems, a magic scroll or the occasional rocket propelled exploding kobold to the face...

Rwanda ditches French .

Studying psychopaths . Most researchers agree that anyone who scores thirty or higher on the PCL-R is considered to be a psychopath. Kiehl says, “Someone who scores a thirty-five, a thirty-six, they are just different. You say to yourself, ‘Aha, here you are. You are why I do this.’ ”

CHOMP! nom nom nom

I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna move to Canada with my gay friends so I can drink coffee over the Sunday New York Times before watching rugby. So there! full list

It's harder to get things wrong at 29,970 words per second.

Did they or didn't they? Did the US Post Office print a stamp honouring Bette Davis, first carefully deleting a cigarette from the image? Or is it a slightly altered version of this still?