Linkpharm:
- “In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission.” [via]
- The world’s most insane weatherman. Seriously. [via]
- TUN3R — explore hundreds of free streaming radio stations [via]
- Mark Twain’s novel from beyond the grave [via]
- The Lester Dent Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot. “No yarn of mine written to the formula has yet failed to sell.” Hmm. [via]
- Edward Gorey’s “The Trouble with Tribbles” [via]
- I think I could have done without knowing that something like Vampyroteuthis infernalis (or vampire squid) exists — much less that it looks like this. [via]
- I could also have remained happy in my ignorance of the sexual habits of Japanese fishermen. I’m reminded a little of this story of Russian fishermen who, not knowing what they’d caught (and apparently thinking it was some never-before-discovered alien) proceeded to eat the weird fish. (Although, truth be told, I’m no longer sure if that story was true. I think I’m going to pretend this new one isn’t either.) [via]
- “A Polish pulp fiction writer was sentenced to 25 years in jail yesterday for his role in a grisly case of abduction, torture and murder, a crime that he then used for the plot of a bestselling thriller.” [via]
- The Matrix Goggles [via]
- Ashes and Snow — the artwork of Gregory Colbert. Simply incredible. [via]
- Are we really “drowning in quirk”? [via]
- Is Clint Eastwood really “the David Bowie of Westerns”? The AV Club considers 17 Truly Grim Westerns