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Nothing to do but surf group weblogs? No worries, there's always some hobbies that you haven't considered. Try collecting sugar packets, fruit stickers, toilet seats, join a club, or just go for broke and cover yourself in porridge. There's no excuse to be bored...
posted by moonbird at 6:42 PM PST - 9 comments

You might as well Jump. Van Halen and retro video games.
posted by srboisvert at 5:17 PM PST - 25 comments

How to Write A Thank You Note. [With a sincere thank you to The Morning News.}
posted by adrober at 4:02 PM PST - 38 comments

Simon Swears
A puerile shockwave game. (Lots of swearing, as you might have guessed.)
posted by Mwongozi at 3:33 PM PST - 11 comments

Peter's Rum Pages: Rum Labels, and more.
posted by hama7 at 2:44 PM PST - 2 comments

Do Not Call 317-816-9336. Columnist Dave Barry takes on the American Teleservices Association again, publishing their new number (they had to disconnect their old one after he mentioned it in a previous column.) But please, don't call 317-816-9336, because to suggest "calling somebody who doesnt want to be called, even if you have the legal right to call, well, that's just plain rude."
posted by Fofer at 1:34 PM PST - 39 comments

Weird Gardens. 'It started with the winter blues: I wanted my small rowhouse garden to be aesthetically pleasing - at least to me - all year, not just during the growing season. One Friday evening I discovered a pile of rusted and beautifully shaped boiler parts in my alley; they became the fencing for my new rust garden ... '
posted by plep at 11:11 AM PST - 7 comments

Benjamin Franklin, Civic Scientist. This article in Physics Today by a former science adviser to Bill Clinton discuses Benjamin Franklin's role as the American prototype of a civic scientist. This issue also has an interesting article on Richard Meserve, a physicist and lawyer who applies his scientific training to his legal work. [Via /.]
posted by homunculus at 10:45 AM PST - 1 comments

Israel attacks "terrorist training camp" in Syria Last time I checked Syria was a sovereign State. I don't know if there is a formally declared war already ongoing between Israel and Syria. Is there one now ?
posted by elpapacito at 6:01 AM PST - 138 comments

Phelps to erect anti-Matthew Shepard monument. Anti-gay crusader Fred Phelps' planned monument (PDF, from Phelps' site), to be installed in City Park in downtown Casper, Wyo. (Shepard's home town), would contain the inscription, "Matthew Shepard, Entered Hell October 12, 1998, in Defiance of God's Warning: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as womankind; it is an abomination.' Leviticus 18:22." (More inside...)
posted by boredomjockey at 1:24 AM PST - 146 comments

Trees and their doppelgangers (!) Kooky konceptual artist Chris Wildrick invites you to match the trees with their look-alikes. Who says family fun is dead
posted by Cranky Media Guy at 12:31 AM PST - 6 comments