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Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce  

Yes, please. Official Trailer: Girl Walk // All Day from Girl Walk // All Day on Vimeo.  

Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.  If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you.  You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot.  Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth.  And remember, it’s not the people … Read More

Tuvan throat singing is a style of singing (well, chanting really) where your voice creates flute-like overtones.  That's what you need to listen to in this video — not the voice, but the melody of the overtones:  

Here's the ad: How did it come about?  NBC worked out a deal with a real paper company called Quill.com. Here's the link.

In response to an actual petition, the White House was forced to disclose the following information today: The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden … Read More

Not for the queasy.

Not going to quote from it, just point to it: an interesting schloarly article about why Angry Birds caught on. I love it when very unserious things are looked at seriously.

When I was born, I was the 3,167,000,594th person.  How do I know?  This site told me. Even with people dying (e.g., Steve Jobs), there are now twice as many people on Earth as when I was born.  More than twice.  In fact, I was (roughly) the 3 billionth person born, and we're expecting the 7 billionth person any day now.   … Read More

Lawyers, journalists, investment bankers — they are liabilities, not leaders, in the zombie-infested world…. In the zombie apocalypse, your J.D. is worthless — which is actually not so different from the real world of recent years. – Torie Bosch, in a thought-provoking Slate article entitled First, Eat All the Lawyers, arguing that the boom in zombie-related entertainment reflects, and is fueled by, … Read More

You don't see that roadsign very often in America.  The story behind is even more bizarre than the sign itself. Before committing suicide, the owner of an exotic animal farm in Zanesville, Ohio, opened the doors and cut the wires to the cages of the wild animals.  Some of the animals, including leopards managed to "feast" on the owner's dead … Read More

Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Brainstorm from President Bill Clinton The video stars Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen as part of the foundation’s celebrity division, pumping out ideas like not breathing to save the environment. There’s even a cameo from Bubba at the end.