sports A "castell" is a tower of humans climbing up upon one another Popkin

News Five-year-old US citizen deported to Honduras Ellsworth Toohey

books Even more western inspired fantasy in de Castell's "Malevolent Eight" (book review) Jason Weisberger

books Enjoy this fun book about pencils Bob Knetzger

books Fantasy goes Western in The Malevolent Seven: angels, demons, and dust (book review) Jason Weisberger

archaeology The surprising reason our Iron Age ancestors drove massive spikes through the heads of the dead Allan Rose Hill

Delightful Creatures Please enjoy this capybara parade Gail Sherman

The Simpsons Footage of voice actors from The Simpsons improvising in character Rusty Blazenhoff

music Watch this terrific bass-forward version of "Ain't No Sunshine" Jennifer Sandlin

Funny Child's hat upsets airplane passengers (video) David Pescovitz

Japan How pencils are made at a factory in Japan Rob Beschizza

lawsuits Afroman filmed the cops raiding his home and made funny music videos with the footage. Now they're suing him over their hurt feelings. Rob Beschizza

movies Ang Lee's son is going to star as Bruce Lee in a new film Devin Nealy

television Check out that time Homer Simpson guest-starred on L.A. Law Devin Nealy

pencils Faber-Castell 1.8mm mechanical Exam Pencil Andrew Yi

floods Mediterranean flood filled sea in less than two years Rob Beschizza

art The gorgeous color palettes of The Simpsons Devin Nealy

manufacturing Entrancing video shows how highlighters are made David Pescovitz

newsletters Here's the latest issue of my Recomendo newsletter Mark Frauenfelder