CULTURE BUZZ – A designer takes a look at the robot beneath all those cuddly stuffed animals. This is both scary and confirms my long-standing suspicion of all talking/moving stuffed animals. Don’t trust the robots!

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The Best Links:

1. Robots in Bears’ Clothing

CULTURE BUZZ – A series of unattached human feet have been washing up on Canadian shores. Six have been found in the last 10 months, but police still don’t seem to have any concrete leads.

The Best Links:

1. Number 6 is a Right Foot, Men’s, Size 10
2. Stop the Presses: Number 6 is a Hoax!
3. #5: The First Left Foot
4. Interactive Map of Floating Feet
5. The Fourth Foot: Right, Wearing a Sock and Tennis Shoe
6. The Mystery Deepens: Foot Three is Also Size 12
7. The First Two Feet, Both Right, Both Size 12, Both Shod in Running Shoes

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MOVIE BUZZ – A live action movie based on the Japanese manga (graphic novel) hits selected American theaters to the joy of all goth-y introverts within an 60-mile radius of any art house theater. Allegedly having served as the inspiration for real-life murders, Death Note looks about as inviting as watching Hello Kitty get euthanized.

The Best Links:

1. Manga Spawns Movie, Crime Wave
2. Your First Manga!
3. The Official Site
4. Beijing Banned “Death Notes” [Haven’t You Tykes Heard of Miley Cyrus?]
5. “Death Note” Allegedly Inspired Uber-Creepy Body Severing In Belgium
6. Video Tribute To “Death Note”
7. Which “Death Note” Character Are You?

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SCIENCE BUZZ – Scientists in New Zealand have finally thawed and examined a giant frozen squid caught in the Antarctic early last year. There were no reports today of a giant squid on the loose in Wellington, so all must have gone according to plan.

The Best Links:

1. Video of the Freshly Thawed Beast
2. Scientists Originally Pondered Giant Microwave
3. “This is science as theater.”
4. Giant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!
5. They Only Had Four Hours for the Exam, Sorta Like an SAT

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CULTURE BUZZ – Posing as a 10-year-old boy, pop culture historian Bill Geerhart wrote letters to iconic politicians and murderers, and they all wrote back including Charles Manson and Dick Cheney. It’s like Dear Mr. Henshaw for the cold-blooded set.

The Best Links:

1. Read All the Letters at Radar
2. “That’s the Charles Manson We Know and Watch With Fear.”
3. The Letters “Range from Criminally Insane to Downright Sensible”
4. “Every Once in a While You Read a Story That Makes Your Jaw Go Slack. Well, Here is One of Those Served Up Just for You.”

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BUSINESS BUZZ – Hotels abandoned before completion have an eerie presence. From Disney World to the sands of the Sinai, luxury hotels have become modern ruins when financing dries up. Here’s some spooky video footage and photo evidence of the abandoned skeletons.

The Best Links:

1. The Empty Disney Hotel at Pop Century
2. A Photo Tour of the Empty Portion of the Walt Disney World
3. Flickr Group: Abandoned Hotels
4. The Ghostly Skeleton Hotels of the Sinai

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