parody Finally, someone wrote an erotic love song about the Grimace Thom Dunn

mcdonalds Some surprising facts you might not know about The Grimace Thom Dunn

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing