Personal Threat Level – Allows you to create a custom “threat level” indicator, suitable for all occasions.

A Sumerian Walks Into a Bar – A history of dirty jokes. (via pdq)

Every Heart a Doorway – Seanan McGuire’s newest book, about a boarding school for children who have found their way to faerieland and then been exiled back to the real world. BoingBoing has a review.

Sock Zombie – Video tutorial for making weird little zombies out of leftover socks.

House of MinaLima – London exhibit devoted to the graphic art in the Harry Potter movies.

Perfumes for the Dark – Suggestions for gothy scents.

Fierce Little Dragon – Free crochet pattern for a wee winged dragon.

Henning and Dick – Author Scott Meyer sends out occasional email newsletters. This recent pitch for a fictional TV show amused me vastly.

The Lesser Bot – “The Lesser Bot of Solomon offers you endless pages from a text in the style of Ars Goetia and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.” Twitter account which sort of looks like a Markov chain tripped over the Necronomicon. (Hat tip to Bruno)

The Nightmare – There’s a new documentary about sleep paralysis (“Old Hag Syndrome”), and Vice interviews the filmmaker.