My favorite new music, and ten stories I excavated from 2007
And the best toy I bought this month
Here’s 10 gems from the first few months of Super Punch that are still functioning links:
Reuters wrote that, because, “limbo reflected an ‘unduly restrictive view of salvation,’” the Roman Catholic Church had “effectively buried the concept of limbo, the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism went.”
The NYT held a naming contest for Saturn’s mysterious polar hexagon.
The LAT described how excited “Jonah” Nolan was to “draft a screenplay for the potential Steven Spielberg-directed science fiction epic ‘Interstellar.’” (The resulting script was eventually posted here.)
Student sumo wrestlers attempt to make babies cry during an annual contest at Tokyo's Sensoji temple in Tokyo.
Gallery of the “Lamest Technology Mascots Ever.”
German authorities compiled “a database of human scents to track down possible violent protesters at the G8 summit in June.”
“Bel Canto” author Ann Patchett wrote about trying to join the Los Angeles Police Department,
Pillow looks like a puddle of blood.
Four funhouse mirrors placed in a movie theater to promote the Fantastic Four movie.
Here’s my favorite new music:
3. Royal Blood - Mountains at Midnight
1. New Constellations - Think It Over
And here’s the best toy I bought this month, Marvel Legends Spider-Man Noir with Spider-Ham (head’s on a ball joint) (looks like it’s sold out/claimed by scalpers):