Tom Chiarella spent a month working up to a pack-a-day habit:
As the smoke filled my chest, my shoulders lifted so much that my keys actually rolled over in my jacket pocket. It was like my mouth was full of something viscid and metallic. My throat seemed to radiate heat forward and backward in the space […]

Much like the devastating Cola Wars and nearly as uninteresting as the Browser War, it would appear the “Format War” is over and the winner is Blu-Ray.
Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by […]

There’s a hops shortage right now, which has forced many smaller brewers to either cancel planned beers or change recipes. What hops are out there are very expensive.
Boston Beer has announced that they’ll be selling ten tons of hops they’ve imported from Europe to smaller craft breweries at cost to help bolster their production until […]

A Pottsville man convinced a 15-year-old girl he was part werewolf and part vampire before sexually assaulting her, police say. … To prove to police he was indeed a genuine vampire/werewolf, Carl “showed me his canine teeth,” Joos said. “I let him know that all mammals, including humans, have canine teeth.”
Joos said Carl also told […]

I don’t know why Liveleak’s player buffers so badly, but stick with it. Right about :30 this gets fantastic. NSFW: Some heavily-accented cursing.

Rachel Papo worked for a photographer in the Israeli Air Force for a couple of years, documenting a “rigorous institution where her individuality is temporarily forced aside in the name of nationalism.” Thank you, Nationalism! Few things in life are hotter than Israeli girls with guns.
Gallery Page [SerialNo3817131.com via Cool Hunting]

From Mindhacks:
Psychiatrist Donatella Marazziti and her colleagues measured levels of a protein that transports the neurotransmitter serotonin in the blood of 20 people who had recently fallen madly in love, 20 people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and 20 healthy comparison participants. … She found that the group of patients with OCD and the recently […]

Sure, Indy is moving around like Bionic Commando, but I do not give any measure of shit. This looks awesome. Now to find a woman who will dress up as She-Wolf Cate Blanchett for the premiere.

I love TV nostalgia. YuppiePunk gives a fairly complete list of stars who sang their own themes—and links to mp3s.
All in the Family was a particular favorite.
Most actors would sacrifice their first born child to score the lead role in a major television series. Especially if that major television series turns out to be […]

Hands down, Macaroni and Cheese must be one of the world’s greatest comfort foods. A few years back Carolyn and I decided to look for the “Greatest Mac and Cheese recipe of all time.” While I’m not sure this White House Kitchen recipe is the one, it was good enough that we stopped looking! You […]