Papercraft Hockey Mask Murderer(link roundup)

Papercraft skeleton, werewolf, hockey mask murderer and monstrous fridge can be downloaded here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Some ultramarathoners get their toenails surgically permanently removed - - you can read more about how and why, if you can stomach it, here. Via.

2. Trent Reznor made a song for a Fringe commercial.

3. One strategy that might help you resist eating dessert? When you see something tasty, imagine using it as a doorstop. Via.

*Previously: Fringe's Selectric 251.

*Buy NIN concert posters at eBay.

Thundercats cake and cupcakes (link roundup)

Thundercats cake and cupcakes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Hulk/Wolverine mashup.

2. Cory Doctorow responds to a legal threat from Ralph Lauren. You don't want to miss the horribly photoshopped image that's at the heart of the matter.

3. Coraline director Henry Selick has "left" Laika.

*At Evil Buttons: Coraline and Goth Coraline dolls.

*Buy Thundercats action figures and collectibles at eBay.

Oni facemask bandana (link roundup)

Costumes don't get much easier than this - - $10 Oni mask bandana on sale at Etsy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. A new law in Los Angeles requires that all new single family homes built in the city have some type of finish that is resistant to graffiti spray paint.

2. New free antivirus software from Microsoft.

3. The girls in the Sweet Valley High novels used to be described as "a perfect size 6," but are now described as "a perfect size 4." Random House was apparently proud to emphasize the change. Via.

*Previously: Tentacle bandana.

*Buy Japanese mythology collections at Amazon.

Captain America and Bucky vs the Nazis (link roundup)

Captain America and Bucky by Paolo Rivera - - if you buy one his black and white illustrations at Splash Page, he'll also send you a color version.

And a few more links:

1. Vivid description of working on a magazine in the 80's.

2. Want to reduce your appetite for awhile? Look at this photo of the world's biggest English breakfast. Via.

3. Tenacious Toys has the ThreeA Bramble robots available for preorder.

*Previously: Kinda stylish Captain America outfit for a girl.

*Buy ThreeA toys at eBay.

Thinking of gastric bypass surgery?

In Georgia, Big Boy underwent the somewhat controversial procedure known as the duodenal switch, where not only is the stomach reduced, but the intestines are also rearranged in such a way that most food calories aren't absorbed.

"I told myself that all I had to do was wake up," Big Boy says of the operation.

"When I woke up and none of my dead homies were there, I knew it was all good."
Complications still linger more than three and a half years later. But Big Boy's condition is nothing like it was in the months immediately following the procedure.

"I couldn't stop losing weight. I'd get lockjaw and a bad taste in my mouth. I was fainting a lot. I just started to decline. My body couldn't hold any proteins or nutrients. When I'd sit down, I could feel the pain in my back from the bones being so brittle. One time on the air, I just blacked out and busted my head open on the console. I'd gone from morbid obesity to malnourished." While his smile never falters, it's obvious the experience weighed heavily on him.

"There were times I was so out of it that the producer would position the microphone so I could lay on the floor of the studio to do my job. I'd be so delirious I would drive to work and not know how I got there. I had to have a catheter put into my chest to pump nutrition directly into my body. That went on for like two months.

Ultimately, Big Boy had part of his gastric bypass surgery undone just to allow his body to sustain itself.

Read on.