Things We Saw Today: LEGO Slippers

The idea of LEGO slippers may sound crazy, that is, until you realize they aren’t actually made of LEGO. (via Fashionably Geek) 

• Reporter Helen Thomas Dead At 92 (via The Frisky)
• Woman’s work: The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria (via Columbia Journalism Review)

NECA has made a grappling hook (grapnel) for GameStop to sell as a Batman: Arkham Origins prop replica. I’ll take two. (via MajorSpoilers)

• IDW’s Doctor Who license is up soon but they’re going out with a bang. The press release says, “IDW Publishing and BBC Worldwide will conclude their joint celebration of the Doctor’s 50th anniversary with the release of a Doctor Who special the final week of 2013. This oversize issue will be written by Paul Cornell and features art by Jimmy Broxton. In the issue, the Doctor will have a run-in with a 10-year-old girl who’s a fan of the Doctor Who TV show. Is this going to make the universe explode again? (via SFX)
• There is an “Internet Cat Video Festival.” That is all.

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