Weird Watch: Patient plays violin during brain surgery, a UK first Xeni Jardin

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

art Fantastic Azerbaijan rug woven to look like it's melting David Pescovitz

Gadgets Your home office could use some work of its own and these 20 items might just do the trick Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets This meditation cushion is the right way to find your zen and feel comfortable doing it Boing Boing's Shop

short 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Get you ready for the Internet of Things with this training Boing Boing's Shop

MeidasTouch On Trump's tax returns, "Supreme Loser" video tells Trump, "You lost. Bigly." Carla Sinclair

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

video Watch this animation of a dream filled with optical illusions Andrea James

"creepy trump" New ad starring Kellyanne Conway highlights Trump's creepy relationship with his daughters Carla Sinclair

animation Pixar director shows how to make flipbooks, from inside his closet Rusty Blazenhoff

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

Japan Incredible restored video of Tokyo from 1913-1915 Mark Frauenfelder

tabletop games Solo roleplaying a Thousand Year Old Vampire Gareth Branwyn

Games Non-Euclidean game worlds Rob Beschizza

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

drawing Ed Emberly's drawing books are fun for everyone Mark Frauenfelder