I'm heading out on tour with my new graphic novel In Real Life, adapted by Jen Wang from my story Anda's Game — I hope you'll come out and see… Read the rest of the article: Cory's In Real Life book-tour!

In a forum for ex-Mormons, a redditor asks how to rebut his wife's assertion that "Every civilization that has accepted homosexuality has failed" — the answer is epic.

Fire and Bone's repeating its previous Kickstarter success with a new collection of 3D scanned skulls (including velociraptors!) that are turned into lost-wax molds through 3D printing, available in finished… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting fine jewelry made by scanning animal skulls

Lindsey Loree proposed to her boyfriend by challenging him to a game of Magic: The Gathering into which she inserted a homemade "Proposal" card (she had to sneak a card… Read the rest of the article: Surprise marriage proposal via Magic: The Gathering

Kurt sez, "'Stalking the Bogeyman' is a Kickstarter-funded play about the true story of my friend David Holthouse, an investigative journalists, who tracked down the man who sexually assaulted him… Read the rest of the article: Stalking the Bogeyman: play about tracking down your abuser [TW]

He-Man meets skater culture with Pedro Josue Carvajal Ramirez's Skateletor or Die from the Boing Boing Flickr Pool (it's also in contention for a Threadless tee).

The new, stupid ban on "professional" photography violates the First Amendment, the Service admits that there's no actual need for it, and it will undermine the visibility of the national… Read the rest of the article: US Forestry Service wages war on photography in national forests

While you contemplate Eric Holder's track record of surveilling, intimidating and indicting journalists, remember that he also invented the Too Big to Jail doctrine, the failed idea that the answer… Read the rest of the article: Eric Holder: creator of the "Too Big to Jail" bankster

Luke McKinney demolishes the idea that notional corruption in the press can be fought by harassing women, or participating in an ex-boyfriend's awful, privacy-invading vendetta against his girlfriend — and… Read the rest of the article: Why #gamergate is bullshit

They're made by Argentinian artists Marianela Perelli and Pool Paolini, who've made 33 dolls representing figures from Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism that they're exhibiting next month in a Buenos… Read the rest of the article: Sacrelicious Barbie and Ken mods: Jesus, Mary, Kali

The books, which are among the best science fiction ever written, have been picked up by Game of Thrones co-producer Vince Gerardis, which bodes very well for the adaptation.

Just look at it. (Thanks, Caipirina!)

Thermalstrike's heated luggage has plug-in elements that heat the contents of your bag to 140F before you unpack them, which should theoretically kill any bedbugs that hitched a ride home… Read the rest of the article: Anti-bedbug luggage uses heating elements to bake your stuff

David already posted about the amazing TBD Catalog, which is filled with "design fiction" about the devices of the future; but I just read it and I need to rave… Read the rest of the article: TBD: appreciating a catalog of the banal gadgets of tomorrow

Geeky U1 makes smart American Apparel pencil-skirts screened with bold Stormtrooper-in-a-suit silhouettes for a look that's business-max-casual; they're made to order for $22. (via Geeky Merch)

Roca Labs makes the "Non Surgical Gastric Bypass" (which one expert says is mostly industrial food thickeners) with terms-of-sale that prohibit complaining if you get sick, or don't like the… Read the rest of the article: Weight-loss company sues customer for posting negative review to Better Business Bureau

Anil Dash has been at it for 15 years (slightly longer than me, but only slightly!) and his reflections on a decade and a half of blogging — through major… Read the rest of the article: 15 lessons from 15 years of blogging

Pac Man rings come in silver- or gold-plated brass for $11 (price includes gift-box). (via Geeky Merch)

From the magesterial Screenshots of Despair tumblr (featuring dialog boxes to make you quail with terror and despair of your sanity), comes a slide-deck of the best of the worst… Read the rest of the article: Screenshots of despair: the slide-deck

Neil Gaiman's introduction to A Slip of the Keyboard, a collection of Terry Pratchett's nonfiction essays, exposes a little-known side of the writer than many think of as a "twinkly… Read the rest of the article: Neil Gaiman on the quiet rage of Terry Pratchett