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“‘People always say they want to live like a king, but they don’t actually do anything about it. Well, I did,’ says Silva, 59, his red cloak billowing behind him as he strides to the window, pointing out a group of fans in his front yard.” WSJ (Gift Article): They Say a Man’s Home Is His Castle, but This Guy May Have Gone Too Far. “A former Brazilian shoeshine boy now calls himself His Majesty Ivan I of Cubatão and holds court near a mangrove swamp amid turrets and golden columns.” (I’d like to try something like this, but maybe next to cineplex and food court instead of a mangrove swamp.)

+ This summer Courtney Dauwalter made history, becoming the first athlete to win the three biggest races in ultrarunning in the same year. How Did Courtney Dauwalter Get So Damn Fast? (And how can she run so damn far?)