Dave Barry's Blog

WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ORDER YOUR STEAK WELL DONE

An Australian woman has shared a “disgusting” find in a steak she ordered at a restaurant, with footage showing live maggots wriggling inside the meat.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

IT'S SOME KIND OF TRICK, AND THE SQUIRRELS ARE BEHIND IT

Deer spotted wearing high-visibility safety jacket in Northern B.C.

(Thanks to Doug Ogg and Ralph)

CANADA: LAND OF... OK, WE HAVE NO IDEA

Witless Bay man working to preserve, restore Newfoundland railway speeders

(Thanks to Ann Farr)

WE SAW PPZ OPEN FOR THE STONES

Billionaires will soon be able to buy pills that extend their lives - leaving "posh, privileged zombies" roaming the Earth, it has been claimed.

(Thanks to Ralph)

Come to think of it, the Stones are posh, privileged zombies.

WISCONSIN: STATE OF CULTURE

It’s a 46,000-square-foot cheese (and sausage, souvenir, sandwich and liquor) store, where a shopper can pick up 15-year aged cheddar, gummy worms, a case of local beer and a polyurethane foam cheese hat in a single, rapturous trip. There are stained-glass windows and two ornate thrones.

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

R.I.P.

Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic 'Alice's Restaurant,' dies at 83

(Thanks to The Perts)

Here's her song.

ALWAYS CHECK THE PULSE BEFORE LIGHTING THE PYRE

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday.

(Thanks to Al Barkafski)

AND IN SPORTS

Inside the race to be crowned North Carolina’s sexiest collard farmer

GALS LOVE A ROMANTIC GESTURE

Florida man launches rocket at girlfriend, bounces around car, explodes in his crotch instead

(Thanks to Ralph)

CLASSY!

World’s first liquor store with a wedding chapel opens in New Orleans

(Thanks to Mezrap)

NOBEL PRIZE ALERT

Chemists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti

(Thanks to Ralph)