In Croatia they do not fuck around. Sometimes when a woman gets pissed at her father, she stabs him. With a knife. In the head. But they’re made of hardy stock there on the Adriatic and the skull-shivving didn’t seem to phase him.
“The blade penetrated 8cms into his skull but he was conscious on
admission to [...]
A woman in Lisbon bought a mysterious suitcase at an auction in 1968. It was full of religious texts from all over the world, and one strange book in an indecipherable language. It’s a black book with “an imprint of a flowering rose pierced by an arrow’s shaft. The
back cover, bound to the front with [...]
Clive Thompson has an article up over at Wired about a new game called Whiffle Hurling, created by an “aesthletics” expert. That sounds incredibly made-up but still kind of cool. The article goes on to talk about the dearth of new (actual physical, running around- not video) games. Most grown-ups don’t play sports and when [...]
The Steve Rogers I knew and mourned would never, ever try to grope a woman with his burrito. But that is exactly what happened near my home town this past weekend. If there is one thing Brevard County has never been short of, it would be crazy drunken assholes, though they are usually not dressed [...]
I saw this on the news this morning: Ray Gun Makes Targets Feel as if They are On Fire.
I’d seen this before a month or so back in WIRED. And read some of the commentary.
You can get the technical skinny and read about some other bright ideas for “less than lethal” weapons here. (Including [...]