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A Few Facebook Friends Find a Fantastic Compromise for the Controversial Community Center Near Ground Zero
That's right, everybody. The Hippies are out to make everybody hold hands. This is our appeal to the builders of the Ground Zero "Mosque"/Community Center: would it be more productive to reimagine the center as a place to discover each other's cultures? This idea just spung from a spirited conversation about the controversial proposed Islamic Community Center near Ground Zero. We've been trying to think of a solution that doesn't only honor our Constitution but also takes into account the sensitive nature of this location without discriminating. Of course, it would be up to the ones building the center to want this to come about, but when both sides of an argument have decided this is a matter of principle, nobody is going to be happy until somebody mediates. And that is our goal with this suggestion: let's erase the divide and begin coming together. Join. Let's make it happen. Win win. Nothing could be more bridge-building, accepting, all-emcompassing, un-offensive and respectable.
Raccoon Crashes The Bachelor Set
Thought watching The Bachelor was a waste of hour(s) of your life? Not if you stuck around for the credits and raccoon crasher! Like Prairie dogs and squirrels before him, he's one bad ass, fame-seeking rodent.
Doggie DNA Tests Are All the Rage!
Cute albeit sorta desperate attempt to make sense of doggie DNA test results (and possibly a shameless plug to my blog).
News Dots
Another cool interweb innovation brought to us by Slate. It's like six-degrees of separation meets news meets graph.
SHMEAT
Stephen Colbert talks to a leading researcher in the field of uber-creepy-lab-grown-meat.
Sugar Lumps
This hilarious Sugar Lumps song from the second episode of season two of Flight of the Conchords more than makes up for the semi-dull, plot focused premiere last week.
Will Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupt?
An unusually high number of small earthquakes have occurred in the park since Friday. http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/earthquake-swarm-yellowstone-supervolcano http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/scitech/2008/12/29/D95CN8P80_yellowstone_quakes/index.html
7 Yr Old Takes Grandma's Car for a Joy Ride
"I wanted to do hood rat stuff with my friend"
Light Pollution
National Geographic's sensational Novermber cover story "The End of NIght" discusses how nighttime artificial light distorts biological rhythms, disorienting humans and animals and disrupting natural patterns that have evolved without the hazy glow surrounding cities and the bright outdoor lights in our neighborhoods.
Japans Morning Banana Diet
Apparently grocery stores in Japan can't keep their banana shelves stocked ever since the popularization of Japan's Morning Banana Diet. The diet claims up to 43 pounds can be lost in ten weeks.
Monifa, the Baby Hippo
Adorable baby pygmy hippo, Monifa -- whose name means "I am lucky" in Nigerian -- arrives in Taronga Zoo in Australia, and may be the cutest thing ever.
The Shocker
Is anyone else having a laugh every time a news story refers to Obama's COS choice as a "shocker"?