These tea bags are poncey to the max and pricey, to boot—$10 for 14 bags—but I think the design is just lovely. I don’t know how much swirling up the tea and other flavorings is really important (somewhat?) but I like a neat bit of design when I see it.
That said, bulk, loose tea is [...]

Big news from the World Health Organization: cutting off your foreskin will help prevent the transmission of HIV, particularly in heterosexual relations.
Kevin De Cock, the Director of HIV/AIDS at the WHO, reports,
Countries with high rates of heterosexual HIV infection and low rates of male circumcision now have an additional intervention which can reduce the risk [...]

Yes, I this is in from Cute Overload, but the Mrs. just sent me this and damn, is it cute. Your heart is a stone if it doesn’t make you want to cuddle something, even if it’s just a football. I defy you to not forward this to your lover or your mom.
Okay, I [...]

Lockhart Steele’s Curbed blog network has strained its flaps to pass a lovely porcelain egg of content they’re calling Racked. With a rather broad scope—shopping in New York—Racked promises that “if they’ll take your money, we’ll tell you about it.” May this be the first of many jokes about prostitutes to be made at Racked’s [...]

Score one for the pervs! Even though the unnamed cameraman was busted for surreptitiously shooting the feet of female students at the University of California-Santa Cruz’ Science and Engineering Library, there is no law prohibiting one from doing so. Subsequently, the man in his 40’s was escorted off the campus and banned for two weeks [...]

Clothing
• American Apparel Striped Fleece Zip Hoody. A sharp classic that should work on pretty much everybody. $45 at the AA store. [Brandish]
• Kicking Mule Workshop Denim. It’s so nice to see jeans that look comfortable are still in fashion, too. [Cool Hunting]
• Head Porter Plus. Japanese fashion site Honeyee’s gallery “New Basic Style.” Clean [...]

New Zealand lager L&P offers this short history lesson on “stubbies,” the short-shorts that “liberated the kiwi man’s thighs to a breathless country.”
[via Brandish]

Sorry, ladies! Bao Xishun, Mongolian shepherd and the world’s tallest man, is no longer an eligible bachelor.
At 7′9″, Xishun received worldwide attention last December when he was called to duty to save the lives of two dolphins who had swallowed pieces of plastic. His 41.7″ long arms were the only tools capable of effectively [...]