Better go find Grandpa’s old floor ashtray — it might help cover the bills next month. Smoking paraphernalia of yesteryear can fetch big money in today’s collectible market.
With that in mind, area law enforcement officers might want to hang on to the 23,000 glass bongs they seized at the Port of Tacoma. Those (cough) “flower vases” (cough) might be hot items on the Sotheby’s auction block in 2109.
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Fly the sheep’s head express: Starting this summer, travelers will be able to fly direct to Iceland from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
So mark your calendars for next January, when Icelanders will celebrate the annual Porramatur feast. And man, are we talking “feast.” The traditional delicacies include putrefied Greenland shark, rams’ testicles cured in lactic acid, and singed and boiled sheep heads. Maybe Bjork will sing.
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Desk jockeys: Health experts say those of us who sit at a desk all day should be exercising at it, too.
The Buzz says thanks but no thanks; we’ll stick to eating at our desk. Besides, we’d feel pretty dumb sitting on one of those big inflatable balls.
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