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Dog possessed by Linda Blair Read the rest... WATCH: 100 years of hair trends in 1 minute [via] Read the rest... Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran once “fell in love with a bean bag chair” while on Ecstasy Who among us has not? Read the rest... Man who used McDonald's McChicken sandwich as weapon against pregnant wife is arrested He told cops he threw the sandwich at his wife "because he doesn't like them." Read the rest... BAKE Savory Millennium Falcon pie It's basically a veggie quiche with a kamut pizza-dough lid that's been shaped into the iconic "ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs" that "may not look like much but has it where it counts." I had never done anything like this before but I must say that my first experiment based bio kamut, zucchini and cheese could definitely good if not beautiful, fragrant fragrant and pure light! Read the rest... Beyond the Dark Veil – beautifully macabre collection of Victorian post-mortem photography Beyond the Dark Veil is a handsome new volume exploring a fascinating, now seemingly macabre death practice. During the Victorian era, with the popular spread of photography, and before the emergence of a funeral industry, the practice of home post-mortem photography had its heyday. Read the rest... Journalism vs. patronage It's reasonable to ask that journalists not directly patronize the subjects of their reporting, even transparently so. But as it often happens indirectly, invisibly, or in the form of activism, life is not so simple——especially when it comes to the enthusiast press. [Glog] Read the rest... Interview with an undertaker Meet Caleb Wilde, a sixth-generation mortician and the blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director. From Matter: Caleb is not your average mortician. Read the rest... A gorgeous Barcelona “Flow-Motion” short film Filmmaker Rob Whitworth created this stunning hyperlapse survey of one of the world's most beautiful cities. About “Barcelona GO!,” he explains: In few other cities is it possible to walk from spectacular location to spectacular location. Read the rest... The Basic Report -- monthly newsletter to make you a better dinner guest I hope The Basic Report sticks around. It's like a condensed version of The Week, which is already a condensed version of other news magazines. Read the rest... The Wonder Years hit the Smithsonian Cast and crew from TV's The Wonder Years (1988-1993) donated iconic items to the American History Museum, home to such iconic television artifacts as The Fonz's leather jacket and Archie Bunker's chair. Read the rest... FBI seizes LA school district's Ipad purchasing docs It's not clear what they're investigating, but the DoJ subpoenaed everything related to the $70M program to give Ipads to all 650K kids in the district. Read the rest... The story of Stephen Hawking's voice In 2011, Stephen Hawking sent a message to Intel founder Gordon Moore that read "My speech input is very, very slow these days. Read the rest... World's best jar lid opener The reason it's hard to open jar lids is because the vacuum seal is pulling the lid tightly against the jar. Read the rest... TOM THE DANCING BUG: Survival Strategies for Purchasing a Soft Drink Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Cap and his African American friend purchase soft drinks in very different worlds Read the rest... In Wayzata, Minnesota, a school spies on its students Nathan Ringo writes that school administrators freaked out when he found ways around the district's flawed censorware--and when he warned his fellow students about the spyware and creepy small-print that came with their school iPads. Read the rest... An Introduction to Hand Saws Steve Hoefer offers another tutorial in basic skills that everyone should know. Read the rest... Cindy Wilson performs vintage B-52s song Cindy Wilson, founding member of The B-52s, has recently been performing with Glenn Phillips and his band at small venues in the Atlanta area. Read the rest... Stray dog joins Swedish adventure race A stray dog joined a Swedish adventure race team competing in Ecuador. That's amazing in and of itself, but what happened after the race finished is just awesome. Stories like this one remind me that there are still good people in the world. Read the rest... Pit bull crashes TV station How adorable is this lovable pit bull who crashed the set of a Miami TV station and showered kisses on the (equally adorable) weatherman? Read the rest... Documentary about former Ren & Stimpy artist, William Wray I'm a longtime admirer of painter William Wray, who I first learned about from his great art in Ren & Stimpy. Read the rest... UK police arrest man built anti-immigrant nail-bomb, decline to press terrorism charges Ryan McGee came from a multi-generational white supremacist dynasty and told police he built his nail-bomb because he didn't like immigrants, the Crown Prosecution Service said that "it was never McGee’s intention to use the device for any terrorist or violent purpose." People accused of plotting acts of terror in the name of Islamic extremism have faced much more serious charges for much less serious plans. Read the rest... Camp H: Maker camp for girls in Berkeley They do a variety of year-round programs for girls aged 9-12, and teach subjects from welding, masonry, carpentry, architecture, service and leadership; the winter workshop is on game-design: Over the course of 8 weeks, Camp H girls will collaborate to develop board games for social change. Read the rest... Library's seed sharing system threatened by Big Ag regulations The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has threatened the Duluth library's free seed-sharing program because it doesn't conform to the seed-distribution rules laid out for big agribusinesses. Read the rest... Haunted Mansion leg sleeve tattoo Redditor Buddytattoo posted these outstanding shots of an in-progress leg-sleeve Haunted Mansion tattoo, created by Tattoo Charlie's in Louisville, KY. Read the rest... Interview with fantasy writer Tim Powers about being a "secret historian" Mitch writes, "I interviewed fantasy novelist Tim Powers about how he writes. We talked about working through story problems, using YouTube as a secret weapon, why he avoids social media, and his obsessively detailed outlines and research notes. Read the rest... What to watch on TV tonight: Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce A couple of weeks ago I went to a screening for a fun, smart new TV series on Bravo calledGirlfriends' Guide to Divorce. Read the rest... Beautiful, surreal story about garden pests Will Kaufman's "Coping with Common Garden Pests" offers a fresh and weird perspective on the gardener's age-old battle. Normally benign to gardens, Red Cross volunteers become pests when they decide to tramp through your roses in their heavy boots, and not because they want to appreciate whatever faint perfume those bruised blossoms have left to offer. Read the rest... Kickstarting a keyboard-shaped waffle-iron What started as a viral shoop is now a potential real thing, thanks to a crowdfunding campaign that's looking for $50K to go into production. Read the rest... Learn about economics from Seinfeld episodes The excellently named Yadayadayada Econ blog teaches dozens of basic economic concepts by using examples from classic Seinfeld episodes (the entire run of which is $59 for 33 discs! Read the rest...