“I am a white woman, a blond, blue-eyed white woman, and I have a first name strongly associated with black women. My mother, a southerner by birth, never stopped telling me she made the name up. The fact that she truly could not remember ever hearing the name before, is a testament to the strength …

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Police in the Congo have arrested 13 individuals suspected of stealing, or shrinking, their victims’ penises. It seems that the accused practitioners of black magic were nabbed for their own protection. A dozen years ago, mobs killed a group of men rumored to be penis snatchers. From Reuters: Rumors of penis theft began circulating last …

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One of the best songs ever combined with one of the most whimsical roadside advertising gimmicks equals a video of pure joy. I drive a 12 year old Pontiac convertible to my place of work, so I get quite the panoramic view. I was waiting for the light to change across from a storage complex, …

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Sure enough, it’s a kid’s book about grass. But the book is actually a lot more thoughtful than the provocative premise might seem to be at first glance. “It’s Just a Plant” is a children’s book that takes a similar approach to sex education in talking about another difficult topic. That is, the book explains …

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Regardless how you may feel about it, Steampunk Magazine seeks to accompany the genre along its transmogrification from a form of fiction into fashion, music, and ‘misapplied technology’. “It was a time where art and craft were united, where unique wonders were invented and forgotten, and punks roamed the streets, living in squats and fighting …

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How to catch and eat a rat. Really. This is for if the bartending or the blacksmithing don’t work out. When the recession starts, you won’t be able to earn a living mixing daiquiris anymore, and after that, during the depression, it’ll be tough to make it as a blacksmith, so when it gets really …

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The folks at Purgatory Iron Works are making a series of 10-minute how-to videos for beginning blacksmiths. Current introductory topics include anvils, building a forge (part 2), and making charcoal (part 2); if there are topics you’d particularly like to see, the host is taking requests.

Crazy, But good news… What if we told you that a guy with no background in science or medicine-not even a college degree-has come up with what may be one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research in years? Well it’s true, and if you think it sounds improbable, consider this: he did it …

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A woman who is divorcing a rich Broadway executive is airing her grievances on YouTube: A New York woman involved in a divorce battle spilled secrets about her husband, his family and their intimate life in a “scary, new step” in user generated content, attorneys said. Tricia Walsh-Smith can be watched on YouTube lashing out …

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