Josh Freese, ex-drummer from Nine Inch Nails, is selling his new album. Plus some extras, for a price. While $7 buys you the digital download, $50 will get you the album plus a phone call from Freese, and for only $75,000 Freese will join your band for a month. For real or just for jokes?

Cardboard food Sculptures by Patianne Stevenson.

In July 2008, these two Jack Russell terriers were surrendered to the Auckland NZSPCA, morbidly obese due to poor diet and lack of exercise. This is the blog documenting their tremendous weight loss. more inside

Mirrorshards: 100-word stories, a new story every day. more inside

Hypothetically, what would happen if you combined Doctor Who, Eminem and Benny Hill? OMG, only the best thing ever!

Hail to the chief! Who's watching the inauguration right now? If you don't already know, CNN has live streaming video. Here is the transcript of Obama's inauguration speech. more inside

One to keep an eye on opening in two days or so -- whatever it may be. Looks like a Flash-based "Decorate the Oval Office" game by Ikea.

Russia has agreed to cut gas supplies via Ukraine, claiming Ukraine have been siphoning off gas. Unfortunately, the Ukraine pipeline also supplies Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, France, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. 100% of Slovakia's gas is supplied via the pipeline and they have declared a state of emergency.

Best fiction of 2008. I haven't read a single one of these. Have you? What else would you recommend from last year's new books?

Vintage photography in slide form. Well, online copies of slides. Kitschy, some with great back stories, all very retro-American.

Dear Santa... Since we don't have online access to a mall Santa, let's send our wishes via MoFi. What's on your Christmas list?

MonkeyFilter redo And no, I don't mean a site facelift. I'm going to start cracking down. If you are a member here, or you are thinking of becoming a member here, please read this. more inside

If it's not too late, watch the moon rise tonight. The moon is at its perigee tonight: the point at which it's closest to earth in its egg-shaped orbit. At moonrise it appears even larger. It also means tonight's high tide will be extra-high.

Happiness is contagious: in a social network, if one person is happy, it increases the chance of their friends being happy, and the friends of their friends being happy. So smile and make all of MoFi happy!

Please Don't Bomb Nobody This Holiday by the Dan Band, whoever they are. (SLYT)

Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon are converging over the next few days. Should be visible at dusk everywhere in the world (except Antarctica).

Makes my smiley faces look pretty sad. Very pretty lunchbag art.

Eggs Bacon Chips and Beans A typical cheap British brekkie, reviewed.

Five years later and the site is full of weirdos lovely people.

Without further ado...the gullet mullet.