I am shackled to my laptop, writing, writing, writing for a while as all of my body but brain, eyes, and fingers atrophy, so I'm going to have to send you off elsewhere to find your jollies. Gary Farber has compiled a fine collection of short, strange science links…well, some are only tangentially science, but they're weird, anyway.
Someday, when my work is done, I must make the pilgrimage to Darwin, Minnesota, to see the world's largest ball of twine.
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Somehow - and I don't know exactly how, you know how the internet is - I came across this odd but cute song by the ineffable Weird Al. It's an almost seven-minute(!) ode to the roadside attraction that is the titular biggest ball of twine.
tags: kitsch, tacky midwestern shit, ball of
Since he is a minor his name has been withheld. The 14 year old boy in South Carolina called the police to tell them that he had attacked his father, his grandmother, and his great aunt. He told the police he'd be there when they arrived, possibly waiting outside.
tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England,