How to Kill Yourself While in Police Custody

Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible, as this Slate article describes.

According to escape artists, here's how you slip handcuffs from behind over your head (don't try this at home): First, push the left arm as far to the right as possible, or dislocate the shoulder altogether. Rotate the right wrist clockwise within the handcuff until the inside of the wrist faces outward, then bring up the right wrist as if in a bicep curl; the left arm will be tugged upward at the same time. Next, the right arm moves up, scraping up the shoulder blade, until both hands are basically behind the neck and the right elbow points up above your head. Then, tucking your chin into the chest, bring the crook of your right arm over your head. To finish the maneuver, pop the handcuffs around the left forearm, dislocate the left shoulder (if you haven't already), and bring the left arm down in front.

And I leave you with a completely unrelated quote which I found rather brilliant, from the book "The Frenzy of Renown" about the history of fame from the Greeks through the 80s. Jack London on why he wanted to be famous:

I am writing for money. If I can procure fame, that means more money. More money means more life to me.

My boy Jack tells it like it is. Very interesting book actually. The first 500 pages or so are about Greece, Roman and Medieval times which is rather dull. The next 100 are about Revolutionary times, and the last 30 or so are about modern times. I should have just skipped to page 600. Though reading about Rome and Chaucher and all of that was interesting.

And, another completely unrelated tidbit, a handy guide from Gawker on what women you should marry and which you shouldn't: