Every day, the same, again
Barefoot thief steals shoes for left feet.
Self-identified vampires create community in South Florida.
Man trapped in 23-year coma reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious. Update: Reborn coma man’s words may be bogus.
The Underground market of Sperm donors. Those “in need” are single women, lesbian couples, and married couples challenged by male infertility who can’t afford the expense for traditional sperm banks.
In bed with Silvio Berlusconi.
Mariah Carey carries own toilet paper for interview on Brit TV show.
On June 21, reporter Maziar Bahari was rousted out of bed and taken to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison—accused of being a spy for the CIA, MI6, Mossad…and NEWSWEEK. This is the story of his captivity.
You told me that already! Why we’re so poor at remembering to whom we told what.
Does mimicking other people’s body language really make them like us?
The 8½ laws of rumor spread. Related: The psychology of rumors.
Nearly half of the 3- to 6-year-old girls worry about being fat, study says.
How can racing yachts sail faster than the wind?
Mathematician solves rowing boat “wiggle” problem.
New research suggests that math has evolved its way right into our neurons—and monkeys’, too.
Runaway spent 11 days in the subways.
Researchers have been spying on us on the subway. Here’s what they’ve learned.
NYC Subway, historical maps, 1880-present.
Marcel Broodthaers’ parrot (Le Perroquet) at Peter Freeman.
It would be all too easy to romanticise Banksy’s work. I think he has been both lucky and canny.
10 bad messages from good movies. Unconventional creative play is very, very wrong (from Toy Story). No matter how appallingly bad conditions on Earth get, so long as there is one tiny plant on the planet, it can still be restored to its former beauty and sustainability (from WALL-E).
Will Ferrell, Hollywood’s most overpaid star.
Deformscape is an optical illusion designed by Faulders Studio for the garden of Jeff Dauber.
Ten places where life shouldn’t exist, but does. And: Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean.
China’s 56 ethnicities [pics].
Blueprints database (Trucks, Science Fiction, Mobile phones, etc)
Clients from hell. I present the following exchange with ‘Mike The Client’ without comment. It’s long but impossible to excerpt because he has a knack for throwing out a curveball just when you think you know where he’s going.
