Newley Purnell

My holiday season will simply be incomplete unless I’m somehow able to sample the turducken (New York Times; free registration required). God bless American ingenuity. (Thanks to Colin R. for this exceptional find.)

“Top One Hundred Albums of the 1980’s.”

[Newley: this is where you should insert the link to the article about the prevalence of metafiction in pop culture.]

Float pens are cool.

Dalton Ghetti, a carpenter who lives in Connecticut, carves tiny sculptures out of pencil lead.

Did Mickey Mouse first appear in a 14th-century Austrian church fresco? This sure looks a hell of a lot like the little guy.

“Food for Thought: Dietary change was a driving force in human evolution.”

Mmm, Belgian beer.

The motocycle cops in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have demanding jobs–the traffic’s awful and they don’t make much money. But they get to ride really cool Harleys and have their photos taken with celebrities (New York Times; free registration required).

Looking for some fancy headphones to add to your holiday wish list? Take a gander at Shure’s E2c model.