Mysterious animal appears in North Carolina. If you're from those parts, can you explain what it is?

"Come to where the flavor is." Canadian cigarette maker is experimenting with exotic new flavors like maple, vanilla, chocolate. Naw, they're not going after teens.

xxxchurch.com is on a crusade: they want you to stop watching internet porn. Yeah right. They've begun a project in which they want to encourage young guys (no mention of the gals) to stop beating off. Check out the Wired.com article. Forty days? I call that Dark Night of the Soul. I guess it's for real. I guess. Nothing on snopes.

Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox dead at 92 I remember that bow tie when I was a kid. Life was so innocent in those days.

Mordechai Vanunu: I squealed on Isreal to prevent nuclear holocaust. He went to the world with details of Israel's nuclear program. He did 18 years in prison for it and doesn't regret a single day. Now he's out and wants to leave his country, but the government has said "no way, Hosea."

Let us celebrate our cultural diversity: the Racial Slur Database. For those times when you're at a loss for that malicious mot juste. Were you aware that a "big nose" not only means Jew, but that it's a term Asians use for all white people? I guess we all look alike to them.

Hitler kin doesn't want rights to Mein Kampf, even though they may be worth millions. It's not like he's asking for them; but a scholar says he could successfully sue the government of Bavaria if he wanted to. What would you do with the money?

"Gukanjima - View of an Abandoned Island" Poignantly creepy.

Jon Stewart's commencement speech at William & Mary

I have a lot of questions about the Berg assassination video. I'm glad to see someone else has also. Like...why didn't Berg struggle more when the killers applied the knife? Why is the tape edited in such strange ways? Lots of other weird things I hadn't considered.

They're self-centered, manipulative, backstabbing, out only for themselves--and amoral about the whole thing: they're Corporations.

All right guys, you know you've done it: wanking, choking the chicken, bashing the bishop, buffing the banana ad infinitum. And now, a site dedicated to that most solitary of activities. Advocacy, tips, techniques, Q & A. And I thought I had already "mastered" this domain. Not much for the ladies, unfortunately. (Not pornographic in the least, but NSFW just to be on the safe side.)

If you took even one psych class in college, you've probably heard of the "Stanford Prison Experiment." Take a group of college students, randomly assign them to two groups: prisoners and guards. Give both of them the accoutrements of their roles--uniforms, etc. Now, let them go and see how they act it out. more inside

A chart showing the comparative prives of various LIQUIDS. Did you know scorpion venom costs nearly $39 million dollars by the gallon. I didn't. I also don't know why this interests me.

Are you a neocon? You know the drill. more inside

You weren't in the market for a boat, were you?

Legal Battle of the Sexes. Quick & dirty consent forms about what you will do and what you will *not* in bed.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady eats. Ever wondered why the biggest opera singers are big in other ways? It's not just a coincidence. They have to work extra hard to push out those notes. Then there's the issue of extra tissue around their throats.

Largest shipment of Sikh holy scriptures makes it to Toronto. The scriptures, called Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, are only printed at one temple in India and are regarded by the faithful as living--literally, not in the figurative sense. Therefore, they can't fly in baggage.

"Bremer has destroyed my country" Guardian article about how not to occupy a country. Shut down the newspapers. Enfore the law arbitrarily or in a half-assed way. Allow corruption. Don't supply the hospitals. You get the picture. more inside