Encyclopedias, human genomes… YAWN! The internet finally proves it’s good for something, now that classic Mad Magazine fold-ins are online. (Via dad.)

As reported by Chad, Ridley Scott is making a movie based on Monopoly. Chad pooh-poohs the idea, but I see a few interesting directions this could take:

• “What do you expect me to do, Race Car, mortgage Baltic Avenue?” “No, Mr. Thimble, I expect you to die.”
• “Pop quiz hot-shot: You’ve just rolled your second doubles. If you roll doubles again, the bus explodes. If you don’t roll doubles, I kill every man, woman, and child in Marvin Gardens. What do you do? What do you do?!”
• “Ye can take our hotels, but ye’ll never take our FREEDOM!!”

A hilariously terrible first date (via Universal Hub.)

I love programs with a sense of humor. Note the trademarked error detail name in this screenshot from NetNewsWire:

(Not to toot my own horn, but you might like the old Zevils 404 page if you’re into that sort of thing (good luck finding the new Zevils 404 page, most attempts will just redirect get you the Wordpress index (I should figure out how to change that… Update: The solution was to create a 404.php page in my theme’s directory.)) 404lounge.net has a bunch of the things, and The Daily WTF’s Error’d! chronicles the unintentionally humorous.)

Rodgers N. Hart, F. Sinatra, and E. Fitzgerald, Lorenz Institute for the Advancement of Clinical Psychology

Note: This paper has also been accepted for publication in the Annals of reformat_songs.

Introduction

Inferior social proclivity disorder, or “trampiness”, is commonly mistaken for adjustment disorder not otherwise specified. However, this condition is surprisingly common in early post-adolescent patients, especially females. We examine the diagnosis and treatment of one patient, who we shall refer to as Lady. Lady, when she began treatment, was a 24-year-old who referred herself to our private practice. She had become increasingly concerned over her difficulty in forming social relationships at her place of employment, a finishing school.

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