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Yearbook Quote of the Day: Eight high school seniors with the...

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:03:15 -0700

Yearbook Quote of the Day: Eight high school seniors with the last name Nguyen joined forces to bring us the year’s best yearbook quote:

We know what you’re thinking, and no, we’re not related!

(Embiggen.)

[hypervocal]

Sports Reporter of the Day: Booker Corrigan already is...

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:36 -0700

Sports Reporter of the Day: Booker Corrigan already is a legend in the high school lacrosse world. Now, KuddaSports gives us a highlight reel that begs the question: Why wasn’t Corrigan snapped up by ESPN sooner?

[vvv]

Morning Fluff: California resident Elaine Bouschard and her...

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:24:06 -0700

Morning Fluff: California resident Elaine Bouschard and her grandson, Taylor, were stunned last weekend when an 8-week-old puppy fell from the sky — it had been dropped by a passing hawk.

“My thought is that when God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it,” Bouschard said. “I actually think God just dropped me a baby to have for Mother’s day, so this is my baby for Mother’s Day!”

The puppy opened his eyes for the first time Wednesday.

[lifewithdogs]

Early Bird Special: This compilation of feats, set to...

Thu, 17 May 2012 04:19:12 -0700

Early Bird Special: This compilation of feats, set to Outasight’s “Now Or Never,” is meant to inspire… so just ignore YouTube commenter ShuffinFrex, who asks: “1:38 Did i just watch 3 kids die?”

[devour]

Lights Out: Every once in a great while, someone creates an...

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:31:34 -0700

Lights Out: Every once in a great while, someone creates an absolutely inspired visual gag that’s worth all the time and effort it took to plan and perfectly execute.

On a totally unrelated note, here are a butt and a pirate dancing to Big Sean’s “Dance (A$$).”

This music video was created to promote Future House Pictures’ web seriesPostponed, which turns out to be much less dancing-butt-centric than advertised.

(Sorta not safe for work, the aforementioned a$$)

[thanks, djgrambo!]

This Is All Kinds of Wrong of the Day: Banksy’s famous...

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:16:08 -0700

This Is All Kinds of Wrong of the Day: Banksy’s famous Parachuting Rat, located on a wall in the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Prahran, has been destroyed by builders doing drilling work for a café.

Local business owners were upset by the needless demolition of the piece by workers who apparently didn’t realize what they were destroying. The wall did contain other graffiti, but area taggers had avoided painting over the Banksy.

“Had it been 20cm higher or 20cm to the side this would never have happened,” neighboring business owner Jacqui Vidal told the Stonnington Leader, “This should have been avoided. It’s not a big piece, but it is one of the few remaining Banksys in Melbourne.”

The Rat was destroyed once before by cleaners who painted over it during a 2010 anti-graffiti campaign, but was later restored.

There is some good news, though: a possible new Banksy piece — showing an Asian boy hunched over a sewing machine and a Union flag — has appeared on the wall of a Poundland shop in London. It has yet to be confirmed as authentic on the artist’s website.

[heraldsun.]

Mashup of the Day: Mashup artists The Reborn Identity combine...

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:10:41 -0700

Mashup of the Day: Mashup artists The Reborn Identity combine Adele’s smash hit “Set Fire to the Rain” with Baltimora’s ’80s classic “Tarzan Boy” in the aptly-named “Tarzan & Rain.”

[feingut.]

This & That: Know This: Yankee Candle is going after the male demographic, with new scents...

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:31 -0700

This & That:

Know This:

Yankee Candle is going after the male demographic, with new scents including Riding Mower and 2×4.
Guinness has turned a submarine into a branded underwater bar.
Google is rolling out the Knowledge Graph, a smarter kind of search.

Read This:

How the professor who fooled Wikipedia got caught by Reddit.
A paralyzed woman now is able to control her robot arm with her mind.

Watch This:

The Catholic Church has a message for America come November: The 2012 election is a test of fire.
Aaron Sorkin’s commencement address at Syracuse: OMG.
It’s a time-lapse map of Europe over the past 1,000 years, set to the soundtrack of Inception.

Look At This:

Extreme portraiture is what happens when you add a current of air.
Hong Seon Jang has created a city constructed entirely of metal type for letterpress.

Other:

Tea Time Twitter Hashtag: #ihatemyface
Tea Time Tumblr: Picture Dept
Tea Time List: 48 Things That Will Make You Feel Old
Above: frommetoyou

Say What Now of the Day: Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., is doing some...

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:08:39 -0700

Say What Now of the Day: Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., is doing some major damage control after he urged “negotiations between a vegetable and a dead man” in a recent letter to a constituent:

With the global war against terrorism, it is now incumbent on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasir Arafat to clamp down on Palestinian extremists that have perpetuated violence and to restart a peace process that has collapsed.

The constituent happened to be the father of Ian Rhodewalt, a journalist working for Mondoweiss, a news site that covers the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As Arafat died in 2004 and Sharon has been in a coma since 2006, Rhodewalt asks: “I wonder to whom Pitts thought he was giving those standing ovations when (current Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu spoke to Congress?”

[timesofisrael]

Kids Review The Darndest Things of the Day: A bunch of austere...

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:32:23 -0700

Kids Review The Darndest Things of the Day: A bunch of austere British kids review Skrillex’s dubstep masterpiece “Bangarang,” and their responses are a riot.

The hands-down best review: “We. Rowdy. What is that?”

[thestranger]

Afternoon Snack: If only poor Max could heed the advice of W.C....

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:11 -0700

Afternoon Snack: If only poor Max could heed the advice of W.C. Fields: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”

[sayomg]

Nicholas Cage Superfan of the Day: Brazilian Matheus Candido has...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:48 -0700

Nicholas Cage Superfan of the Day: Brazilian Matheus Candido has made it his mission to right a serious injustice; he’s hard at work Photoshopping Nicholas Cage into the starring roles of the handful of movies in which he doesn’t already appear. Candido’s Facebook gallery is glorious.

[uproxx]

Lunchtime Links: Today on The Daily What Geek: The earth’s water...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:25 -0700

Lunchtime Links:

Today on The Daily What Geek: The earth’s water supply, condensed into a big, blue marble

Elsewhere on the Internets:

Signed: Aaron Sorkin, to pen the screenplay for the real Steve Jobs film (not the Ashton Kutcher version)
In agreement: American voters, on state medical marijuana laws
In one place: Everything you needed to know about mayonnaise
Ditched: Romney, by a major GOP donor, for his stance on gay marriage
Shocker: Skechers will pay $40M to settle a lawsuit over its weight-loss shoes
For sale: Pants covered in penises, for $152
Discovered: Gaydar is more effective on women than men
Ineffective: Facebook advertising, according to GM, which pulled its ads
Old: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Dictator schtick

Lunchtime Leisure: Star Drill
Lunchtime List: TV’s Most Notoriously Short-Lived Shows

[image: zdarsky]

Pale Kid Raps Grammar of the Day: Fast-rapper Mac Lethal lays...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:07:00 -0700

Pale Kid Raps Grammar of the Day: Fast-rapper Mac Lethal lays down a little Strunk & White to Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know.”

Your move, Watsky.

(Not Safe For Work, your a f*cking idiot.)

[hypervocal]

Quote of the Day: Norwegian massacre survivor Ingvild Leren...

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:57 -0700

Quote of the Day: Norwegian massacre survivor Ingvild Leren Stensrud testified today in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik:

“I thought they (the attackers) were exchanging messages but realizing he was alone, I think the scream was actually a battle cry.”

Stensrud, 17, survived the attack with a gun shot to the left thigh, after being knocked over — and subsequently covered by — the body of another victim.

[shortformblog]

Movie Trailer of the Day: Tom, a man who suffers from Fragile X...

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:47 -0700

Movie Trailer of the Day: Tom, a man who suffers from Fragile X syndrome — “a sort of autism with bells on” — had just one dream: to meet Metallica’s Lars Ulrich. Mission To Lars is the epic story of how his brother and sister try to make his dream reality. (Don’t miss the intro trailer,which details the method to their madness.)

Premieres in the U.K. on June 6; sadly, no word on a U.S. release.

[thanks, mat!]

Seeing-Eye Horses of the Day: Miniature horses are one step...

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:17:17 -0700

Seeing-Eye Horses of the Day: Miniature horses are one step closer to being recognized as service animals in Illinois, after the state Senate voted Tuesday to allow them to accompany people with disabilities.

The horses — which range from 24 inches to 34 inches tall and weigh 70 to 100 pounds — are already considered limited-use service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but it’s a rare occasion to see a disabled person walking with the assistance of an animal other than a dog. Critics say the mandate is a lawsuit waiting to happen, and indeed, a California man filed suit in March claiming a restaurant denied him — and his mini-steed — service.

“I like horses. My daughter likes horses. But even in the Wild West, they put them outside,” said Angelo Amador, vice president of the National Restaurant Association.

According to the Guide Horse Foundation, miniature horses can be useful for people with severe allergies or phobias to dogs, or people who want an animal likely to live longer than a dog. The horses are strong enough to provide support when handlers need to lean on them, and they are not easily distracted by crowds.

[animalplanet]

Infographic of the Day: No surprises here — a February 29...

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:13 -0700

Infographic of the Day: No surprises here — a February 29 birthday is hard to come by, while the summer months trend reflects the traditional spike in holiday hookups.

[explore]

Marketing Campaign of the Day: A new campaign called “Freedom to...

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:49 -0700

Marketing Campaign of the Day: A new campaign called “Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry” — whose debut video will give you chills — takes aim at the Defense of Marriage Act and its impact on gay and lesbian military families. The video follows the devastating trajectory of a lesbian relationship when one of the women serves in Afghanistan.

Evan Wolfson, the founder of Freedom to Marry, one of the organizations behind the campaign, spells it out for us:

Many people assume that, with the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” gay men and lesbians serving our country are now being treated fairly and equally, but that’s not the case. We ended the ban on open military service for gay and lesbian Americans, but there is still federal ban on treating married service members as what they are: married.

[towleroad]

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the...

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:55:15 -0700

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.

Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.

“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”

[advocatingprogress]