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http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-04/xu-jirong-fat-cat.jpg My pet ownership skills seem a whole lot more polished after seeing this.

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No Facebook for Malia, Sasha: Michelle Obama – Yahoo! News Photos

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Malia-and-Sasha-Obama/ss/events/pl/011609obamagirls There are hundreds of moving and impressive shots from yesterday’s Inauguration to browse on the web – this isn’t one of them. Whose legs are under Joe Biden? Who is Obama (not) waving to? And exactly whose guitar is that? (AP paid for this?)

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Toronto News

http://www.blogto.com/city/2007/11/the_force_was_with_them_maybe_too_much_force/ A Toronto lightsabre fight – one of many weirdly-themed public parties (cf. pillow fights and bubble blowing) that have made our bland city a little less staid recently. I was indisposed in Europe when this occurred, or else… Well, I probably still wouldn’t have gone. But I could’ve laughed at this awesome picture earlier! […]

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How Mr Westfallen woke up as Mr Happy Spanners – Times Online

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5400724.ece The Times documents some of England’s citizens’ recent – and ridiculous – name changes. My personal fave is Happy Adjustable Spanners, but this story better sums up the piece: His determination “not to take life too seriously” led Garry Fisher to adopt the name on a false ID featured in a US teen movie. […]

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http://www.magazine13.com/arts/master-of-miniatures.html Microscopic art. While I appreciate the skill, I question the effort. Six months to carve something that, with an ill-timed sneeze, will be lost forever.

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Mal de debarquement – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_de_debarquement I’m surprised at the rarity of this condition, but maybe that’s because I get it myself, and assumed everyone else did too. My first experience with MdDS was after taking two boat trips and two long-haul overnight trains (on the top bunk, where the sway is most noticeable). I spent the next week with […]

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Rat king – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king Wow. Here’s your disturbing image of the day. Or possibly year – it’s definitely a contender.

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Clerkdogs

http://www.clerkdogs.com/ Claims to find movies to your taste. A search for Elizabeth brings up Elizabeth I, Elizabeth R, and, er, Elizabethtown. I may have cracked their algorithm…

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http://www.cbc.ca/hottype/host/index.html Attempts to watch CBC Sunday Edition are failing due to Evan Solomon’s distractingly perfect teeth. (As if he wasn’t distracting enough originally.)

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http://www.moderna.org/lookatme/photos/485.jpg Lifelong phobia of bears and costumes in 3… 2… 1…

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