shoes These over-the-top Muppets shoes are downright inspired Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny Gary Larson quietly brings back 'The Far Side' after 25 years away Andrea James

music The story behind Yello's "Oh Yeah," famously used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Celebrating the mad genius of music producer Hal Willner, who has died, likely of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

Pee-Wee Herman Pee-wee Herman fans are going all out for "Big Adventure" 35th anniversary tour Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

Weird Pigeon with a sombrero appears in Nevada after tragic death of pigeon with cowboy hat Xeni Jardin

boston This-City's-Makin'-A-Comeback Bingo Card Thom Dunn

podcasts Quirky futurist podcast The Life Cycle starts off with the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

nazis Ikea's founder was a Nazi, and never stopped praising the Nazi leader he called "Best Brother" Cory Doctorow

podcasts The Life Cycle is a quirky new futurist podcast Mark Frauenfelder

crafting More fun, macabre crafts "From The Mind Of Christine McConnell" Gareth Branwyn

Copyfight Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of "roadside America," taken by John Margolies Cory Doctorow

happy mutant "Mysterious medallions" popping up on Bay Area sidewalks Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutant The World’s Smallest Post Service to open a magical brick-and-mortar experience in Oakland Rusty Blazenhoff

books What do reverse cyborgs want? A review of David Marusek's Glassing the Orgachine Eric Heyne

christmas Quirky holiday-themed award ribbons for grownups Rusty Blazenhoff

art Filmmaker Wes Anderson co-curated a quirky art exhibition of oddball items in Vienna Rusty Blazenhoff

music New quirky power pop video from Matt Jaffe David Pescovitz

new york city Secret box truck 'night market' pops up again in NYC Rusty Blazenhoff