You want to read about Rick Perry's fun new flat tax plan? Well let's see then... ah, this should do: "The five biggest questions about Rick Perry's tax plan." Now let's move on to the more topical Perry business of the day: This funny old campaign ad of his from the mid-1990s, where he's running around some sausage…

Michael Raper, a 26-year-old employee of meat processing company Bar S, died this week after falling into a meat grinder. Is there a way that this story could be more horrible? Yes, yes there is:

A Massachusetts man was cleaning a "vacuum-type machine" used to season sausages. Then it turned on, sucking up his head and shoulders. He was helped out and is OK, but he'll never look at a brat the same way. [AP]

South Koreans are reportedly using a "snack sausage" as a "meat stylus" for their iPhones. Guys, I think South Korea is making fun of us and our fat American sausage fingers.

Something is missing from this weekend's "Living Spring" edition of the New York Times' Sunday fashion magazine T. On the cover, you can see a lady with her mouth open, about to chomp on some sort of sandwich with her painted lips/teeth. There is a food theme if you look close: on one page, there's a piece on…