In Saul’s personal collection he has a number of artifacts that he considers to be “active.” These are artifacts that have a stronger energy or personality than a typical object. Sometimes this energy is positive. Sometimes it is negative. However, none of what he shows have the kind of aggressive energy exhibited in his doll, owned by Berliz, from Callao in Peru. According to this article by Standard Media, the doll has been a problem for years, causing distress for Berliz, and viciously attacking others. Amongst those who have felt the doll’s unexplained wrath are Berliz’s boyfriend. She said that the doll “grabbed and beat him” while he was sleeping. He left,…

How do you get young boys interested in vegetables? Chinese artist, Duoqi Ju, may have found a way to make veggies more appealing.

It doesn’t matter what your background or politics, this is weird. A former brothel owner and “reality TV” star, Dennis Hof, was running for a state assembly seat in Nevada. The only catch is that he died last month. Embed from Getty Images According to this Reuters article, Hof still took 68% of the vote, despite signs posted in the polling places reminding voters that he was deceased.  Apparently, Hof’s campaign requested that voters elect him, despite being corporeally challenged, so that they would have the chance to nominate someone into his seat rather than losing it to the opposition. Until that time, perhaps we’ll get to witness some press…

This is one of those stories that lends itself to all sorts of tasteless jokes, but sometimes you just have to let things speak for themselves.