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As someone who does not have cable, I'm always thirsting to see music videos. I have found nirvana. Antville has all the best videos, including the ones you'll never see on MTV: videos.antville.org

DVDBeaver.com - Eclectic Cinema and Digital Versatile Discs. Though "DVDBeaver" sounds vaguely pornographic, fear not. It's a great site with intelligent reviews of DVD releases - not only do they review the movie, they also review the quality of the DVD, going so far as to provide bit-rate graphs and screen grabs:

Be sure to check out their analysis of Kubrick's "2001". It's like being in a great film class.

BBC - Science Human Body - Mind - Sensation Seeking

I could conceive of myself seeking pleasures around the world with the jet set. BBC - Science Human Body - Mind - Sensation Seeking

I just found out that I am VERY MUCH a thrill seeker. How...thrilling. I wish I could take a psychological quiz about people who like to take psychological quizzes.

Speaking of jet set international pleasures, where do you think I should travel next January with pal Holly- Australia/New Zealand or the South Pacific?

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Well, it's President's Day, whatever that means. A lot of you of have extra time on your hands today. And maybe you don't want to go outside today because it be cold and all. And maybe you don't want to go to the gym today because it's cold and all AND it's a holiday, so I have provided some diversions you can enjoy in your apartment.

1. An oldie but a goodie from "This American Life". The best part of this audio clip is at the very end, a story about the greatest phone message ever. Download file

If you want more, do a search for the Squirrel Cop story. From WBEZ in Chicago | This American Life. You will not, no way no how, be disappointed by this.

2. Make your handwriting into its own font! Fontifier

Isn't Drew looking good these days?

I can't help it; I like her.

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How would you feel about touching this? BBC - Science Human Body - Psychology Tests

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Wanna feel better? Read how screwed up other people are! (Should I post about schadenfreude?) Confessions

Best Songs of 2003, courtesy of Flak Magazine

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Get Your Travel On!

Sock has travelled to 40 out of the 50 states! That's 80 percent.

There's this great website that lets you see where you've been. You can also do a map of where you've visited in the world. I'd show you mine, but it's horribly depressing. I need to get out more.

Abandoned Stations is a fascinating guide to all the old subway stations in New York that have gone unused for decades but still exist as signposts of another New York. I had no idea there were so many. I'm pretty convinced that there is an alterna-city here - a city with its own subways and buildings and [mole] people, and the two never converge - only glimpse each other out of the windows of speeding subway trains.

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Swing batter! (Yeti and penquin) from kottke.org

I was frozen in place by this picture by Loretta Lux that's in this week's New Yorker. She has a show opening today at Milo, 552 West 24th Street. Once I overcame my lockjaw, I checked out her website, Lux, which has additional spellbinding pictures that remind me simultaneously of "The Shining" and a Bjork video.

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He needs to get rid of that necklace and the M&M boxer shorts
My next purchase: Mr. Misty - a no-effort-required humidifier!

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"Billd It Or Move! Stuped People!" Found letters: Royal Journal [via TMN]

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I see myself losing a week to this site: Rate My Kitten
Holiday party tips:The Onion | Drinking Responsibly During The Holidays
Prank:Penguin