Coming Down from LSD This drug is 'dropping' off the face of the earth, and nobody seems to know why. I've had some memorable times with the stuff, and, though I haven't used any in almost 15 years, I'd hate to see it go. Oh well, there are always flashbacks.

What is this world cumming to? Nun becomes prostitute. To make matters worse, she writes about it.

Metafilter hacked? Or just a little April Fool's fun?

Alistair Cooke dead at 95. I loved his Letter from America, which you could hear on the BBC World Service. More insightful than anything you'll find in the US. I'm going to really miss this guy. I think I'm getting choked up.

Curious, George: philosophy/policy behind promoting monkeyfilter.com . I notice we reached the 800 member mark a couple of days ago after about 4 months in operation. This is a good start, but I and was wondering whether further effort couldn't be made to propogate the site. more inside

All things must change Like Aunt Jemima and other antiquated brand icons, Mr Brawny is getting a makeover. Out with the blond Mr 70s beefcake and in with tall, dark and handsome--with a little tenderness and cultural diversity thrown in. Here's an NPR story. And here are the new ads, if you were interested.

What's in a name? A lot apparently. NYTimes article discusses the politics and economics of names--corporate, show biz and personal. There just aren't enough to go around.

Election rhetoric can get hot. Sometimes the hyperbole starts flying like monkey poo. And, yes, we've all at one time or another compared out least favorite politician to Hitler. But you gotta admit, this one takes the cake. A Taiwanese opposition party had the chutzpah to create a graphic analogy between President Chen and Most Hated Guy in the History of the Entire World. So the tiny Jewish community in Taiwan complains and the ads are taken down, only to be replaced by Saddam and Bin Laden. I can't believe how much fun politics is in Taiwan.

Please don't eat the monkeys. People in Central Africa are eating bushmeat and they're getting currently non-fatal virus. Still, it's got experts worried.

He said, she said. Chinese government is trying to save an obscure language handed down only to women of the Yao ethnic group. The language has a radically different written form called Nu Shu most of which is now lost. Here you can click on some examples. A general reference page on Nu Shu. Finally, the Wikipedia article. A little more info on the Yao people.

"It was horrible... I felt nervous and scared." That's how impoverished 18 year old UK college student Rosie Reid described her first time with the 44 year old man to whom she sold her virginity.

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam; egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam; spam, sausage, spam, spam, spam, bacon, spam, tomato and spam; spam, spam, spam, egg and spam; spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam. or lobster thermador ecrovets with a bournaise sause, served in the purple salm Mr. Bunor with chalots and overshies, garnished with truffle pate, brandy, a fried egg on top and spam. Manila restauranteur opens Monty Pythonesque restaurant in which every dish contains spam.

Stephen Hawking questioned about his mysterious injuries. Recently he's been examined for a broken wrist and various cuts and bruises--all currently unexplained.

National map showing rough distribution of American party contributions. Click on the pie graphs to get more detailed on each city. Here's Manhattan. You can ever check out your own neighborhood, though I don't like the idea of having my address put up on the internet.

Metafilter posts are dropping, being the lowest since August 2001. Nevertheless, Matt is still sanguine. And to be fair, they were down for a sizeable portion last month. Do blogs experience "life cycles" of birth, youth, maturity and death, as Oswald Spengler said of cultures? More importantly, is Monkeyfilter just a simian knockoff, or heir apparent? Just askin'.

Just what the name says: www.HistoricalHair.com. Hair samples of famous personages in history. Jefferson Davis, John Lennon among others. The selection isn't huge, but if you're into hair, well... Here's a little background info

Nifty Japanese watches. Some are simple. Some are functional. Some look almost normal. Myself, I like the binary.

Got change for a million? Georgia woman tries to pass a counterfeit $1 million bill at Wal-Mart for $1675 worth of merchandise.

If I were a man, I'd get a tattoo. But I'm not, so I'll have to settle for one of these.

OMFG d00d2 j00 n33d 70 ch3ck 0u7 73h l337 v3r510n 0f h4ml37. Translation: Oh my fucking God dudes you need to check out the 'leet' version of hamlet. There's a long pointless introduction, and the actual "play" is about 15 minutes, but I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! [direct link needs Quicktime]