"Scientists Describe Giant Penguins"--headline, Associated Press, June 25

They were black and white...oh, and they were really big.

It's raining cats and dogs, LiveScience reports. Well, cats anyway. OK, not exactly raining, but--whatever, global warming is to blame!
Droves of cats and kittens are swarming into animal shelters nationwide, and global warming is to blame, according to one pet adoption group.

Several shelters operated by a national adoption ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzuuTn4GSuA

I hope that is not how he told his mom "Happy Mother's Day."

You know, it's getting toward the end of the month, and we're a bit miffed that our quarterly farm animal bonus has not been delivered. Oh wait, yeah ... we have direct deposit now. We forgot.
Ivica Supe, a defender for Zagora FC in Croatia's third division, showed up at work to find 16 sheep waiting for him -- one for each goal he's scored this ( Read more... )

Me:  "Ahh, I'm just watching (The Daily Show) now.  I was trying to figure out what you were watching to have seen that already, but I forget that it is on earlier."

Chrissy:  "Thats great, when you forget there's an earlier showing of those than the 1 and 1:30 am ones. =) "

It's a dream come true for a prank caller when the host acts him to repeat his joke three times. Nick in New York got to hammer that baby home three times.

This kills me ... but that's probably only because I've never advanced emotionally past the age of 13. And how can you not love a YouTube video that gives you bonus VHS footage of a cooking show ( Read more... )

"A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track--because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said Sunday," Reuters reports from Berlin:

The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left ( Read more... )

This isn't a particularly new clip. But it's new to me, it made me laugh, so you get to watch. It's 35 balls to the face in 32 seconds, and everyone knows that balls to the face are second only to balls to the crotch.

"A French court has ruled that an organisation with far-right links can continue offering pork soup to the homeless, rejecting police complaints that the food distribution was racist," Reuters reports:
Police banned the soup kitchen last month, arguing that the handouts discriminated against Jews and Muslims who do not eat pork on religious grounds ( Read more... )

The University of Minnesota is taking a strong moral stand, reports the Pioneer Press of St. Paul:
University of North Dakota athletics director Tom Buning said he was surprised Tuesday that the University of Minnesota has decided not to compete against UND in any sport except men's and women's hockey because of the school's Fighting Sioux nickname ( Read more... )