baltimore John Waters gets honorary degree from Baltimore university: "Remember when the scarecrow gets the brain in 'Wizard of Oz'?" Rusty Blazenhoff
music This is the best Ten Commandments story, and the soundtrack is by members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos (video) David Pescovitz
happy mutants Flaming bagpipe player rides on unicycle and covers 'Pure Imagination' from Willy Wonka Popkin
Tokyo Smoothbrain launches fireworks in the middle of Tokyo's busiest pedestrian intersection Mark Frauenfelder
snacks Dude builds a 3,000 lb sarcophagus to send "Flaming Hot Cheetos" 10,000 years into the future Jason Weisberger
Lord of the Rings These Lord of the Rings wedding bands will help you in the darkness bind them Thom Dunn