These are adorable. What anticipation his mom must have, opening each new email.

via Creative Dad Takes Crazy Photos Of Daughters | Bored Panda.

Many a barbecue and tailgate party was ruined in the pre-pop top days when it was discovered that no one had remembered to bring a church key to the proceedings. The pointy end punctured beer (and soda pop) cans open – one hole for pouring, one for a vent. The rounded end was used to remove bottle caps – twist-off crown caps weren’t invented until the 1960s, and even then it took some years for breweries to start using them on their products. But then again, most veteran party animals of that era knew how to open a beer bottle on a car bumper or table edge in an emergency.

via 11 “Modern Antiques” Today’s Kids Have Probably Never Seen – Mental Floss.

An earlier version of this article misidentified the number of good books written by Jack Kerouac. It is zero.

An earlier version of this article misidentified the number of delegates Rick Santorum has won toward the Republican nomination. It is 285, not negative 666 hahaha good riddance.

An earlier version of this article misidentified the number of sons Mitt Romney has. It is five, not [gesture of a woman fanning herself with her hand and looking skyward for strength].

via Could the Best New York Times Correction Get Even Better? | Blogs | Vanity Fair.

Because after fashioning the previous two years' outfits out of Doritos bags and soda can tabs, “I had to top myself somehow.”

This would be a cool kid to meet, I bet.  Her dresses are delightfully quirky, and the picture of the pop tab one looks red carpet worthy.

via Cardboard Prom Dress Is Just The Right Fit For This Young Woman : The Two-Way : NPR.

today’s recipe: Baked Eggs in Chunky Tomato Sauce – Everyday Food Blog – MarthaStewart.com.

25 Awkward Cat Sleeping Positions: #26-50.

Sean O’Neal writes the news reports for the AVClub, and he does it very, very well.  I find myself reading items for topics that have no interest to me, just to see what kind of pitch-perfect snark he can bring to them.  Sadly, I am a huuuuuge Star Wars nerd, so this item was of distinct interest to me, and go figure – Sean nailed it.

A not so long time ago, as recently as January, it seemed that the circle was complete, and that Darth Vader—once but the learner—had become the master of appearing in crime reports that afforded the opportunity to make easy Star Wars jokes. But your eyes can deceive you; dont trust them and so forth: CBS News reports the recent arrest of one Obiwan Kenobi, a name weve not heard in a long, long time because it is the name of a character in a movie and not a real person, except for the guy who legally changed it to that in 1999 to collect a $1,000 reward from a radio station…

via Obi-Wan Kenobi arrested in a hit-and-run, provides another opportunity to make obvious Star Wars references | Film | Newswire | The A.V. Club.

Last month I participated in A Musical Emergency, which is a loose collective of theater and music folks in SF that turns popular stories or movies into full length musicals. They divide the story up into bite sized chunks and everyone’s responsible for telling their part of the story however they feel. The movie was Empire Strikes Back. And the scene I chose was the scene where Han saves Luke from Hoth. Sung from the perspective of the Tauntaun. I wrote the first half and adapted the second half from A Little Fall Of Rain from Les Miz. It’s… a little sad. I don’t know about you, but that scene kinda traumatized me. I think it shows.

via Music vs. Theater » The Tauntaun Song.

I don’t bowl, but I do watch Mad Men, so this clip was an acceptable risk of my time.  Turns out, it was far more entertaining than it had any right to be.  I guess it makes sense that Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce would be expert hecklers.

via Watch Jon Hamm and other Mad Men bowl against the Nerdist team | TV | Great Job, Internet! | The A.V. Club.