http://monkeyplunger.com Monkey see monkey doo. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:26:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 'Every other climate that has been warmed had better grapes': "By Joseph RommMy brother Dave lives in Minneapolis and has been interviewing RNC delegates. Here is Barb Davis White in her own words (audio stream here): White: My name is Barb Davis White and ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3721 Dyson Sphere lighting: Chris Natt's Stimuli 3.0 lamp: Conceptual sci-fi cocktease though it certainly is, the Stimuli 3.0 lamp is the desk lamp of Darth Vader, ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3719 PRIVILEGE AND POVERTY IN VOGUE INDIA: Abby K. sent me a link to this New York Times article about the August issue of Vogue India. The issue has sparked controversy because of a fashion spread that shows poor Indians modeling extremely expensive brand-name accessories, such as this child modeling a ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3717 whale shit and other important matters: When Prince Charles eventually becomes king, during 'the most sacred part of the ceremony' he will be anointed on his head, heart, shoulders, hands and elbows with 'ambraegrisiae 3iiij', a fragrant amber-coloured oil. Charles, a keen ecologist, will know this as ambergris, which comes from ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3715 Calligraphic manga featuring famous samurai Musashi: Musashi Miyamoto is the famous 17th century samurai who wrote The Book of Five Rings, a classic text on martial arts and military strategy. Takehiko Inoue is the genius manga artist behind Slam Dunk, a 90s manga series about a goofy basketball player that ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3713 South Carolina sheriff buys tank to conduct raids: Don't even think about running an illegal bingo game in Richland County, South Carolina. The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3709 "Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST: eldavojohn writes 'The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team opened the furnace for ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3707 PROGENE MALE SUPPLEMENT: BUY IT, OR YOU’LL NEVER HAVE SEX AGAIN: This commercial I recently saw on Comedy Central for Progene male enhancement supplement warns men who are ‘not 20 anymore’ that, without their product, they won’t be able to satisfy a woman. Here’s a screenshot of a graph from the ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3705 George Carlin's Finale: Jay Dixit in Psychology Today:'If the jester's jokes are based on sound ideas, he becomes the thinker, the philosopher,' George Carlin said, 'and if he uses dazzling language, he becomes a poet, too.' More than any comic in memory, Carlin achieved this transmutation—as much cultural essayist as comedian, ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3703 Is Landscape Architecture dead?: (The true cause of the housing bubble collapse: a 60º slope. Photo by Craig Verzone, of Terragrams.)Editors at kerb, the annual landscape architecture journal compiled by undergraduates at the Landscape Architecture program @ RMIT, are calling for submissions for their 17th edition. They want to know:Is ... http://monkeyplunger.com/archives/3701