Visit the zoo to see some wonderfull creatures like this Caracalgirl. Or, you could write to Adobe and demand they start vetting people before they use Photoshop.

Presenting steroscopic images. A gallery of stereoscopic images, presented as animated GIFs that alternate between the left and right image. It's an interesting effect. If you can get past the wiggling. more inside

You keep using that word, but I do not think you know what it means. Apparently "abstinence" means "sex without contraceptives" when filtered through the ears of teenagers.

Where is my gay apocalypse? "I have been staring with great anticipation out the window of my flat here in the heart of San Francisco, sighing heavily, waiting for the riots and the plagues and the screaming monkeys and the blistering rain of inescapable hellfire. I have my camera all ready and everything." [via Sensible Erection]

Grindcore + pit bulls = the future! You've got your band. You've got your pit bulls. You've got a hit!

Dating advice for the male porn star. Carly takes time out from her job in porn PR to update the ever-entertaining Pornblography with some suggestions for male porn stars - on how to get dates. Probably NSFW. more inside

Lesbians: the biggest addiction of them all. Apparently this is why we should fear gay sex: it's more addictive than heroin. Although I'm curious how an ostensibly straight guy would know about how addictive lesbians are. Exhaustive study of the tapes? more inside

What does Tori Spelling want for her wedding? Stuff that I would have though a rich actress would already have. Not the greatest security in the world...

A girl, her Ducati, and her blog. "The repetitive dream I hate the most is the one where I'm on a motorcycle and I crack the throttle and nothing happens so I have to start pedalling. If that isn't some subconscious sign of emotional impotency, I'll eat my hat." more inside

Slipping past the censors. And onto kiddie TV. I hated Rainbow asa child, mostly because it was so condescending compared to other kids TV. I must vave missed being traumatised by this one.

The Stand should be required reading for biologists. It's bad enough that bird flu might jump species - so let's help it along! Does this give anyone else the creeps? more inside

When you get sick of the fancy language of debate, try sarcasm! The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors proposes to cover job losses in the manufacturing sector by... redifining McDonalds staff as manufacturing workers. In response, John Dingell tires of maintaining a non-snarky facade. [PDF]

Who could this possibly offend? [via SomethingAwful]

" I just wanted to come out and show my respect for the white race and support the cause." "The atmosphere inside Aryanfest was that of a Renaissance Fair gone over to the dark side, with "Heils" in place of "Huzzahs.""; "Shaved-headed men hugged each other like they were at a gay pride picnic." But what mental confusion would convince a coloured kid to show up with a swastika tattoo? more inside

Te Whiti and Parihaka. Before Gandhi and Martin Luther King, there was Te Whiti; a spellbinding public speaker who persuaded Taranaki Maori that their best remedy to growing dissatisfaction with the British settlement of New Zealand was not traditional warfare, but non-violent resistence.

Nothing cries for attention like a poll on which of your presenters should go in Playboy. Of course, one of them has already had some exposure. more inside

More gripping than CSI. But also a lot more dangerous. Fredy Peccerelli's family have been forced to flee from Guatemala to the United Kingdom by his work - unearthing the forensic evidence associated with the mass killings of previous murderous regimes.

Have a nice cuppa. And while you're at it, admire the hard work of the scientists struggling to help you make the perfect food. Perfect so long as you aren't a vegan, that is.

A survivor speaks. On July 20, 1944, a group of German army officers tried to change the world. Planting a bomb to kill Hitler, the had troops prepared to sieze key parts of Germany's governing apparatus and end the war in Europe; this highest profile of the attempts to kill Hitler was also famous for the thoroughness of the killing of those related to the plot, but one man survived.

Is it rude to diet? This speaks to frustration - while the typical New Zealand woman does not suffer from the diet fad du jour, combinations and permutations of dietary preferences (oh, so you're a vegan who doesn't eat onions or garlic - how interesting) often sees dinner parties organised according to who I can feed as much as any other factor.