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The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax. The father of Dungeons and Dragons developed the never-ending game in the early 70s and leaves behind legions of devoted fans.
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16 Sweet (and Scary) Building Demolition Videos. They range from the highly entertaining to the downright inept.
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The 26 Best Zombies of All Time. This list of the best zombies includes popular zombies from movies and video games, plus one from a music video (you can guess that one), and one from real life!
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Bio-Rad Laboratories has a music video advertisement called Scientists for Better PCR. I think PCR means polymerase chain reaction. Those who posted about how funny it is assume that everyone knows.
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Humiliation TV. When does it cross the line from exhibitionism to violation of rights? When someone kills himself?
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Consumers are changing their spending habits. Some thrift is a good thing, but what is it saying about the economy?
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This walrus dances better than some people I know. Present company excepted, of course.
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How To Build a “Dynasty”. Learn your lessons from prime-time soap operas.
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That PCR music video is awesome. I almost choked on my breakfast at “When you need to find out Who’s Your Daddy?”
posted by melissa on 3-12-2008 at 5:43 am
The Gary Gygax story is really cool. I’ve never actually played tabletop D&D, although I did once place a Milton Bradley kiddy version called HeroQuest (anyone remember that?). Reading this made me want to give it a try though.
A personal connection: my mom is a licensed optician in Ohio, and for years she worked with the father of James Dallas Egbert III. He’s a doctor of optometry, and has probably retired by now.
posted by Ira on 3-12-2008 at 11:15 am
I just want to say that the Morning Cup O’ Links is my favorite part of mental_floss. Keep up the great work!
posted by Erin on 3-12-2008 at 2:04 pm