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“Barbecue’s good and all that, but it’s not worth sticking somebody in the eye with a fork, you know?” It turns out, not everyone shares that opinion.
+ Syndicated from Kottke: This video features a man who plays with marbles for several hours each day, his custom-built marble alley, and his very patient and understanding wife: The man who loved only marbles.
+ “Genitalia are still there; we’ll check those out later.” The Atlantic on what it’s like to watch a komodo dragon get dissected. I prefer to think of it as the revenge of my friend Phil Bronstein. (Even a decade and a half later, this line still delivers: “The zookeeper suggested Bronstein remove his shoes.”)
+ Michael Jackson’s Neverland goes on sale for $100 million.
