...The Shepherd’s Monument, commissioned in 1748 by the then earl, Thomas Anson, features a carved image of a Nicolas Poussin painting with the letters D.O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V.M. underneath.
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Reality TV with a new twist: human death and decay.

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson sounds off on the fun-hogs in the passing lane...

Keeping you informed when squid are news...http://katu.com/outdoor/story.asp?ID=71914

StrangeCo has a Jim Woodring feature right now...
Jim Woodring is the very articulate, very funny and very bent cartoonist whose comics are the stuff of legend. A featured artist with Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books, Woodring’s comics are surreal, sweet, nightmarish, and truly unforgettable. Having once looked into Jim’s world, it is ( Read more... )

Terraist

A Rolling Stone article from August.
Should George W. Bush win this election, it will give him the distinction of being the first occupant of the White House to have survived naming Dick Cheney to a post in his administration. The Cheney jinx first manifested itself at the presidential level back in 1969, when Richard Nixon appointed him to his ( Read more... )

Grant Morrison interview, regarding his (and Frank Quitely's) new 3-part-er, We3.

By Richard Black
BBC science correspondent
Scientists in the United States have found a way of turning lazy monkeys into workaholics using gene therapy.

August 14, 2004 ( Read more... )