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Music: "Soulful Dress," Sugar Pie DeSanto (1962) Happy March 14. Sugar Pie DeSanto has an amazing voice. Read the rest... Christopher Poole on leaving 4chan "'I'm not easily offended,' Poole says, 'but I have never sought out the grotesque.'" Gamergate was the last straw, as Rolling Stone reports it. Read the rest... Silver dollar herb grinder What I enjoy about this $5 herb grinder is not the clever design resembling a stack of silver dollars, but rather the low price. Read the rest... Anti-vaxxer ordered to pay EUR100K to winner of "measles aren't real" bet Stefan Lanka, a "vaccination skeptic" who claims that measles are a psychosomatic condition brought on by "traumatic separations," publicly challenged people to prove that measles was caused by a virus. Read the rest... Hilarious, bawdy princess rap battles Youtube sensation Whitney Avalon has a brilliant new entry to her amazing Rap Battles series: a rude, hilarious battle between Belle and Cinderella, starring Buffy's Sarah Michelle Gellar. Read the rest... How Amazon's Fire TV Stick paid for itself I bought the Amazon Fire TV Stick video streamer at the pre-order price of $20. It's now $39, but still a good deal. Read the rest... World's worst prank - always positive pregnancy test Want to make a friend or loved one hate you? Give them this. I'm not linking to the online store that sells it because it's too awful. Read the rest... Ki ki ki... Ma ma ma... Title theme from Friday the 13th In honor of today, please enjoy Harry Manfedini's "Overlay of Evil/Main Title" from the score to Friday the 13th (1980). Available on 180 gram "Crystal Lake" murky green vinyl from Waxwork Records: Friday the 13th OST (Amazon) Read the rest... The animated GIFs of T.J. Fuller Orca, wolves, and CMYK rainbow glitch beauty. Read the rest... Hillary Clinton isn't the only US politician who used a private account to avoid official email Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Jeb Bush, Sarah Palin, and Chris Christie have all done pretty much the same thing. [ProPublica] Read the rest... Starving sea lions are washing on to California shores by the hundreds Some 1,450 sea lions have washed up on California beaches this year, in what animal experts call a growing crisis for the animal. Read the rest... Florida Man pilot draws penis with private plane's flight path Congrats, tail number N829BM. That was very Florida Man of you. Data, via Flight Radar. Read the rest... A moment with Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko, who are about to spend a year in space NASA's One-Year Mission, which launches this month, will focus on seven categories of research. In March 2015, American Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will begin collaborative investigations on the International Space Station (ISS). Read the rest... Doctor Who convention in Maryland (March 27-29) BB pal Oni Hartstein reminds us that her (Re)Generation Who three-day convention kicks off in Hunt Valley, MD on March 27! Read the rest... You are invited to your cousin AJ Jacob's family reunion! A.J. Jacobs (shown here with his [very distant] cousin Olivia Wilde) and a group of researchers are building the world's largest family tree. Read the rest... Why video games are better without characters Ian Bogost argues we need more games that focus not on characters, but on systems -- like cities, economies, language, or physics. Read the rest... Cat on final approach for landing “SHIT! THERE’S TIN FOIL ON THE RUNWAY!” [animalssuckingatjumping.tumblr.com] Read the rest... Flying snowmobile: Attach parachute to snowmobile, fly off cliff Some crazy Finns made a flying snowmobile, and in this video you can watch them glide down off a mountain in Riksgränsen, Sweden. Read the rest... Watch this Indian kid compute math astonishingly fast with an unusual method I can't even begin to understand how this little boy's brain is working, or exactly what the method is, but it's fascinating. Read the rest... How to make a mealworm farm "Mealworms are one of the easiest, cheapest, and most space efficient ways to raise protein for you or your animals." Vela Creations has instructions for making a $30 multi-tiered mealworm farm. It's available here, and also in their new book, Food Web: Concept: Raising Food the Right Way Read the rest... Bill The Fishing Guy blooper reels “Dad gummit!” Not everything goes perfectly for Bill Dance The Fishing Bass Pro. [via Reddit] Read the rest... Cartoonist Roz Chast talks about death and dying Roz Chast draws a comic about her parents getting old and dying. Sometimes her account is funny, sometimes it’s poignant; always it’s memorable, even though her parent’s life and death were ordinary in most respects. Read the rest... “A little boy said I look ugly.” A wonderful four year old girl offers a valuable lesson in self esteem. [Video Link] Read the rest... Ground-level video of 2011 Japan tsunami I've not seen this particular video of the 2011 Japan tsunami, but it shows just how nightmarishly devastating it was. Read the rest...