It is with great sadness that my guestblogging stint at Boing Boing comes to an end. What will I do next? How will I fill the endless days that lie… Read the rest of the article: Farewell, Boingers

A set of carrying cases molded with a gun, an axe, or a knife, designed by PinkWolf, and I can't read French well enough to figure out anything else about… Read the rest of the article: The TSA Does Not Like Your Luggage

What happens when a legendary French taxidermy shop catches fire? "From Ashes, Reviving a Place of Wild Dreams" is the story of Deyrolle, a 177-year-old store once populated by stuffed… Read the rest of the article: When a Fire Hits the Taxidermist

Inspired by these old school Kodak infrared flashbulb illuminated snaps of Japanese sexhibitionists and their peeping toms in parks that were shot by Kohei Yoshiyuki in the early '70s, fashion… Read the rest of the article: Steven Meisel Does Kohei Yoshiyuki

A Guantanamo Bay-themed scarf from a fashion collection designed by Hannah Mitchell, a student at Massey University in New Zealand. The scarf is printed with distorted texts and the lyrics… Read the rest of the article: Torture Is the New Chic

Witness the scene at the 11th annual New York Chocolate Show, this year's chocolate fashion show theme: superheroes, where we hear the sad story of a chocolate-covered Leeloo from "The… Read the rest of the article: Chocolate Superheroes

For those readers traumatized by the AR girlfriend video, may I suggest "Butterflys" (scroll down and click "See the Film"), a lovingly restored 1907 Italian short dance film, director unknown,… Read the rest of the article: The Butterfly Dance

Say hello to your new Dennou AR girlfriend. Feministing deems her a "virtual torture victim"; Gizmodo declares the 3D webcam hottie "entrancing, if a little perverted." NSFW?

"Superego," directed by Supervert, for Ballardian Home Movies: The Final Cut. (Via La Petite Claudine.) JOHN: Big Ballard is watching you! And joined by a smaller version of himself. Ballard… Read the rest of the article: J.G. Ballard Zen

"Monopoly: The Movie"? Ridley Scott may direct, "with an eye toward giving it a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic 'Blade Runner.'" Alex Balk wonders: "Do Top Hats… Read the rest of the article: Do Top Hats Dream of Electric Trains?

A dinner party set for a serial killer, designed by Amy Lau, for Showtime's design house, this being the "Dexter" dining room, natch. Here, $2500 blood spatter embroidered chairs, gore… Read the rest of the article: Your Bloody Dinner

But what does it mean? (Via The Cut; photo credit: David Byun for Surface.)

Self-portrait of the artist, photographer and Boing Boing friend Clayton Cubitt (a.k.a. Siege), spattered in blood, from a series-in-progress: Fugue State. Self-portrait with Blood Splatter, 2008, another image from the… Read the rest of the article: Self-Portrait of the Artist, Bloodspattered

The New York Times takes a peek backstage at the Hustler Club in Manhattan with an interactive panoramic shot of the unglamorous dressing room that lies beyond the stage lights.… Read the rest of the article: The Dancers’ Private Dressing Room

The lovely Google theme I use, NOUS, designed by Philippe Starck, described as "Vision, subversion, rébellion, humour, amour sont les seuls paramètres structurellement modernes," with colorful changing messages: "WE MUST… Read the rest of the article: We Are Mutants

Slate announces they're turning the site's The XX Factor blog for ladies into its own full-fledged, stand-alone "web magazine" for chicks called Double X. Between Elizabeth Spiers's impending "Maxim for… Read the rest of the article: Slate to Roll out Double X Blog for Chicks

Today through Wednesday, UK photographer Nick Knight and SHOWstudio are airing a live webcast of his latest project: "Let There Be Light." While Knight is an internationally known photographer (you… Read the rest of the article: Let There Be Light

Interesting "Letter from Mexico: Days of the Dead," by Alma Guillermoprieto, illuminating the narcotraficante culture in Mexico. Along the edges of the packed street, young men took quick snorts of… Read the rest of the article: The New Narcocultura

From UK Vogue, "Tales of the Unexpected," starring Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter, assorted models, and various others in a strange, surreal reenactment of some of Roald Dahl's greatest hits,… Read the rest of the article: Tales of the Unexpected

Yesterday, I posted about psychopathy, a post that gave commenter Jack the willies, leading him to demand a cute cat video chaser. He suggested the oeuvre of Maru, an overweight… Read the rest of the article: Maru the Cat