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When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set.

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What's your favourite toxic heavy metal? For most of us, it's gotta be lead. Sure, it's a pretty common one, but just because it's popular doesn't mean it's bad. All four of the osmium lovers are busy telling the six or seven bismuth types that they are the real aesthetes of dangerous elements. That disagreement turns into a bar brawl so small that they don't even call the cops. Meanwhile, Leadcon 2026? Sold the fuck out, baybee.

My personal fascination with lead started in the same place it did for many of you. Chewing on lead paint as a baby. Widely available, easily approachable, and comforting to return to after a long, hard day of sucking on your thumb and crawling aimlessly. As I matured, lead was still a part of my life. Plumbing solder. Electrical solder. Auto body repair. Gasoline.

Yes, it felt like Pb would always be there for me. And then the government intervened. Suddenly, it was "not cool" to have lead paint. Drinking-water pipes started getting made out of plastic or the inferior copper – which is probably just as bad for you, the scientists just haven't figured out how yet – and worst of all, lead body repair gave way to the hateful Bondo.

"Premium unleaded," sneered the man-about-town, unaware of the oxymoron.

I still think we made out better than all the arsenic fans. Lead can still be easily acquired from any number of reputable online warehouses. Sometimes it's even a surprise. You'll bite down on some modern child's toy and get that familiar tang on your tongue again. Undeclared lead is the sweetest lead of all.

genius Hegseth thinks it's boots on the ground and not drones.

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Stags' Leap winery still carries the old Chase family crest with "Ne cede malus" - "don't give in to misfortune"

RFK Jr: "The polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did."

I can't believe Captain Brainworm, this roadkill gourmet, is in the position of power that he is. Talk about the ultimate-nepo baby, so much for "competence" being the "antidote" for DEI.

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As you know, flowing water always takes the shortest route. And in fact, sometimes, the shortest route is determined by the water itself. In this, there is a great resemblance to the human thought process.