A Sesame Street parody of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of Ernie. It's worth a look, regardless of your politics. http://www.arnoldsneighborhood.com/index.html (via BoingBoing)
Ron Mueck's hyper-realistic sculptures (that one above is Mask II, I've mistaken others for photographs) are awesome! http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck/index.html
A crude babelfish translation of the Russian website: "Very beautiful flesh: in the real time the hand of artist sketches girl. Everything appears very naturally and it is beautiful. Process can accelerate and stop. I advise everyone to look, for the second and third time survey is guaranteed." Link (Thanks Tiffany!)
Ty Whitmore found the world's largest mushroom on a farm near Maysville, Missouri. It weighed 56 pounds, which surpassed the current Guinness World Record.
Expert said that it probably took the mushroom two weeks to grow to that size.
Way to go Ty! http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051028/NEWS07/510280362
