Ephemerata

I found this item on Woot today - I thought it was amusing news of the weird…

“Put on your bib and get ready to chow down on my world-famous hot ‘n’ spicy honey-roasted hickory-smoked beer-infused St. Louis-style links:

• Even though I can’t name a single hair-metal band from Minneapolis, I was fascinated by Sex, Drugs, and Awesome Hair, a great retrospective article on that town’s early-80s metal scene. Whatever you do, don’t miss the photo gallery.
• Start exercising now: only a month until National High Five Day. (Thanks, Katherine!)
• As you may have guessed, I’m a big fan of absurdist marketing. So I heartily LOL’d at this this long-form Absolut Vodka ad.
• It probably won’t surprise you to learn that I’m also a firm believer that the customer is not always right.
• Today’s health tip: this Easter, consider not crucifying yourself.
• Hey, no fair! This German hospital patient got a new anus for free! Where’s mine? Where’s mine?

Four O’Clock Flash: OK, maybe calling something “best geography game on the web” is like saying is the nicest-smelling employee at the slaughterhouse. But Lufthansa’s Virtual Pilot really is worth a few minutes of your time. Be ready to be humbled, though…my first game ranked me something like 55,000th out of 255,000 players. (Thanks, Josephus!)”