“The Madden Curse holds that a player featured on the cover of the game is destined for something bad to happen — a lousy season or an injury.” Well this year, the curse has met its match: Tom Brady.

+ McSweeney’s: Winners And Losers Of The Recent Nuclear Holocaust.

+ Austin American Statesman: Scientists shocked, intrigued by this San Marcos deer chewing on human bones. (My dogs were intrigued, but not shocked. My cats didn’t give a shit.)