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Heavenly Nostrils: If Hobbes was a snarky unicorn and Calvin was an awesome little girl Phoebe and Her Unicorn is the first collection of Dana Simpson's syndicated Heavenly Nostrilscartoons -- it's a book that I insisted on reading to my kid, because I didn't want to miss a single strip. Read the rest... Anti-Vax Arizona cardiologist also lacks social skills "'It's not my responsibility to inject my child with chemicals in order for [a child like Maggie] to be supposedly healthy,' he said. 'As far as I'm concerned, it's very likely that her leukemia is from vaccinations in the first place.'" Charming. Read the rest... Pitbull Angel From echointhevoid.tumblr.com. Read the rest... RIP, Borderlands Books San Francisco's outstanding, world-beating science fiction bookstore, Borderlands, will shut no later than March 31. In an open letter, the owners Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman explain that they can't pay San Francisco's new $15 minimum wage (a minimum wage that they support). Read the rest... On-the-set stories and inside scoops from Downton Abbey “The story of Downton Abbey began with a dinner and an idea. The idea quickly became a concept for a television series, which was snapped up by ITV,” according to author Emma Rowley of Behind the Scenes of Downton Abbey. Read the rest... Molly Crabapple's FBI file is 7,526 pages long (UPDATED, it's worse) After a protracted battle with the Bureau, artist and journalist Molly Crabapple (previously) has gotten them to admit that they're keeping a whopping file on her, which they will release to her lawyers at the rate of 750 (heavily redacted) pages/month for the next ten months. Read the rest... Music: "Drop the bomb," Trouble Funk (1982) I thought the lyrics were "Chocolate bomb!" for a while. Read the rest... I prefer this cheap leather case for the Kindle Voyage How an ereader feels in your hand is as much a function of its cover than the reader itself. I'm thrilled with this $13 leather case. Read the rest... Vibrator pendant necklace The Vesper is a pendant necklace that is also a vibrator. It's charged via USB and sells for (drumroll) $69. The Vesper was designed by Ti Chang and Michael Topolovac of Crave, creators of the critically-acclaimed Duet luxury sex toy that, as Cory pointed out, was the first crowdfunded vibrator. Vesper Vibrator Necklace (Amazon) Crave Read the rest... Just look at this banana-art. Just look at it. Artist Transforms Bananas Into Works Of Art Stephan Brusche: Instagram/SB77/Society 6 (Thanks, Tony L!) Read the rest... saved by the bell hooks A brilliant combination of images from teen sitcom Saved by the Bell and words culled from the work of postmodern writer/activist bell hooks: "saved by the bell hooks" (via Waxy) Read the rest... Source of Van Gogh's Starry Night Van Gogh likely based his famed Starry Night on this scientific illustration of the Whirlpool Galaxy by one William Parsons that appeared in a 19th century popular astronomy tome, according to Michael Benson's new book Cosmigraphics, a history of our efforts to illustrate the universe. Read the rest... 2014's best science fiction and fantasy Locus magazine has published its annual recommended reading list, which signposts the best in science fiction and fantasy from the previous year. Read the rest... Video: Vintage synths of Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh demos some of his favorite vintage synthesizers and talks about his love for electronic music. (Cool Hunting) Read the rest... ”Earth Shine,“ multi-exposure image of the moon from a Boing Boing reader Dylan O'Donnell took this wonderful image, and shared it on our Boing Boing Flickr Pool. He explains, I think this is the best photo of the moon I've ever captured. Read the rest... Photos: "The Cartoonish Femininity of Lolita Fashion" Over at Vantage, Whitney Hayward's "Girls" photo series explores the "Lolita subculture." "What Does Femininity Even Mean, Anyway?" (Vantage) Read the rest... Let's put the guilt back in guilty pleasures Guilty pleasures aren't always merely self-loathing elitism or ironic tastelessness. They can also be a sign of genuine ambivalence—a feeling to cherish. Read the rest... “Game of Thrones” Season 5 trailer is pretty epic Season 5 will premiere April 12 on HBO. Read the rest... Who won the Puppy Bowl? We all did. Missed the show? Instant GIF replay for you right here. Read the rest... No big deal, just a golden retriever dancing the merengue Go ahead and laugh. You know you can't dance this well. [Video Link, via] Read the rest... Simpsons opening remade as genius 16-bit pixel animation Is it wrong to enjoy this more than the original? This wonderful 8-bit tribute to "The Simpsons" was directed and animated by Paul Robertson andIvan Dixon, with music by Jeremy Dower. Read the rest... There's No Getting Off (The Grid) Calling a gas-powered engine an “off grid” technology is like “unplugging” from the internet by using cellular data instead of an ethernet cable. Read the rest... LISTEN: Ballooning to the North Pole In 1897, Swedish engineer S.A. Andrée made the world's only attempt to balloon to the North Pole. Read the rest... Superb owl repeatedly attacks jogger Via KOIN.com: "After the third attack, park worker put up warning signs and suggested hard hats." Maybe this owl just really hates Doug Henning. Read the rest... Mass Hysteria! An art show about crowds in cult fave movies Basically, I just wanted to draw a really cute, squeezable Kurt Russell. Read the rest...