Time for your Deadspin Open Mailbag Tuesday. Email me here or submit your questions via Twitter. This week, we're covering the miso paste test, elevators, zombies, shoveling, and more.[Deadspin]
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, who died Feb. 10, 2003, of acute cocaine intoxication.[Deadspin]
In your brainstorming Tuesday media column: better journalism through crack, a Bob Schieffer vacation, Hugh Hefner gets sued, a star-studded media kid bar mitzvah, and newspapers discover a rich new source of advertising.
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Did you know "God" is the most popular Facebook fan page in every southern U.S. state? The West Coast elites, meanwhile, like Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and Starbucks. Above: a map of Pete Warden's social network census, via ReadWriteWeb.
Today on the #tips page: A philosophical quandary over sexy avatar pics, Stephen Fry talks about the Catholic Church, and Drudge headlines to make you go "ugh." On #crosstalk: everyone's got Paterson bombshell fever.
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A British doctor was so kind as to write a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, handily summarizing what is known about Nintendo-related injuries. The gist: Your Wii wants you dead. [Gizmodo]