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Music: "Polarized," The Ernies (1999) "Just a swirling mass in charged dance..." Read the rest... Mobarazzi: Transforming New Yorkers into instant Oscar-nom celebs with red carpet, adoring fans “What about your Twitter feud with Ke$ha?” Mike Kelton is one of the funniest guys on the planet.Read the rest... Astronomy: Mars and Venus conjunction tonight The goddess of love and the god of war get close enough to snuggle in the skies tonight. You'll be able to see the conjunction of Venus and Mars in this close pairing without a telescope, provided the clouds keep out of their way. [Sky and Telescope] Read the rest... Drain Weasel: a solution for hair-clogged sinks I live in a house with three other people, who have long hair. A lot of it ends up going down the bathroom sink and clogging the drain. Read the rest... John C. Reilly, the Boing Boing interview: Steve Brule's long-lost sitcom, “Bag Boy” Brule is back. Everyone's favorite dingus stars in a new sitcom set in the universe of Meyer’s Superfoods, starring a familiar cast of weirdos that “Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job” fans know and love. Read the rest... Florida police officer: "Planting evidence and lying in your reports are just part of the game" Speaking to the D.C. Post, a "confirmed" 15-year veteran of Florida's Palm Beach County Sheriff's department says that planting drugs on innocent people in predominantly black neighborhoods and "lying in your reports are just part of the game. Read the rest... Kim Jong Un gets a Babylon 5 Centauri hair-do I should be the last person in to point out stupid haircuts, but get a load of Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, sporting a trapezoidal haircut. Read the rest... Golden retriever really enjoys getting lathered up in dog spa This is how you do sPAW day. Read the rest... How to cut a carrot Did you just spend three minutes watching someone cut a carrot? Yes you did, or will, because the ending is amazing. Read the rest... Time Warner changes customer's name to "C*nt Martinez" Esperanza Martinez learned that Time Warner had given her the moniker when she received a letter from the cable company. Read the rest... Boing Boing on the radio: Xeni's weekly web roundup on KCRW's “Press Play“ I'm excited to share that I'll be joining my longtime public radio friend Madeleine Brand as a regular guest on her KCRW news program, “Press Play.” Read the rest... Long-lost amusement park clown found in sex offender's home Louie the organ-playing clown, a 50-year-old ceramic doll, will be returning to the Joyland amusement park in Wichita, after spending ten undoubtedly awful years in the home of an imprisoned sex offender, 39-year-old Damian Mayes. Read the rest... WATCH: Magnetic silly putty eats a magnet I missed this video when Scott Lawson released it in 2013. It's a 50 second timelapse taken over 1.5 hour period, showing some magnetic silly putty surrounding itself around a neodymium magnet. Read the rest... Terrific new beehive design doesn't disturb bees when you harvest honey The worst part of being a beekeeper us pulling out the honey-laden frames from the box and tearing them up to get the honey. Read the rest... 3 year old karate kid recites student creed So little in size, so vast in awesomeness. Read the rest... Dad builds a VW microbus bed for his daughter “DIYDad” built a VW microbus bed as a birthday gift for his three year old daughter. The bed is on top, and a play space is below. Read the rest...