DIY A hot dog is neither a sandwich, nor a taco — it is a synthesizer Thom Dunn

Guinness World Record Someone has finally broken the Guinness World Record for long-distance throwing of a hot dog sausage in a bun Thom Dunn

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Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

humor Prankster gets the obituary he probably deserves Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

ice cream Oscar Mayer intros a hot dog ice cream sandwich to mock French's mustard ice cream Rusty Blazenhoff

airbnb Spend a "bunderful" night in the Wienermobile through Airbnb Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny Let's build a robot to kill the creator of "I am not a robot" CAPTCHA image grids Andrea James

picks I rode Amtrak's Coast Starlight the wrong direction. I still loved it. Jason Weisberger

Funny The Sandwich Alignment Chart (cue John Hodgman's exploding head!) Cory Doctorow

unfortunate events $12,000-a-ticket luxury Fyre Festival in Bahamas descends into a Lord of the Flies dystopia Mark Frauenfelder

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

media Tabloid warning: "Children with soulless black eyes terrorize residents foolish enough to let them in" Peter Sheridan

media Deep-fried Oreos, beer ravioli, chocolate-covered bacon are tabloid favorites Peter Sheridan

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world Brooke Borel

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