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“On a recent Saturday, gladhanding through it all, came a six-foot-tall talking pencil. ‘My name is Pencil’ the pencil told an attendee, pressing a flyer into her hand. ‘I’m running for governor because we need to raise awareness about education.’ … ‘You’re running as a pencil or a person?’ the surprised woman asked … ‘As a pencil.'” Oregon’s most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point. (If nothing else, the pencil should be able to win the write-in vote…)

+ “Members post photos, share technique tips, and describe the experience in terms that would not be out of place in a wellness retreat brochure. Electrifying. Addictive. Euphoric. Transcendental.” Inside Ballmaxxing, the Niche Practice of Inflating Your Balls to Cantaloupe Size. This story leaves me feeling a deep sense of melon-choly…