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MinnPost photo by Max Sparber Deaths during the Black Plague: from an exhibit at the Wangensteen Historical Library I suspect I am predisposed to enjoying medical-themed exhibits , as I come from a medical family. My father, now retired, was a research pr

By nature gossip blogging is a malicious profession. Especially in the self-important world of Washington, D.C., where even those who have cashed in their gossiping chips and fled town remain vulnerable to attack. Case in point: Ana Marie Cox, founding ed

By nature gossip blogging is a malicious profession. Especially in the self-important world of Washington, D.C., where even those who have cashed in their gossiping chips and fled town remain vulnerable to attack. Case in point: Ana Marie Cox, founding ed

# funbag Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Find more of Drew's stuff at KSK or on Twitter . Buy Drew's new book, The Postmortal, through here. Email the Funbag here. Today, we're smells, toilet paper, gin, and more. Shaugnessy photo by

My 13-year-old daughter wants to get her bellybutton pierced and I told her I’d consider it. How safe is it?