The people who settled the Caribbean Islands brought their drug paraphernalia with them in the form of family heirlooms handed down for hundreds of years. Beats the ceramic shepherdess my grandma keeps trying to give me.
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Sarah used to live in D.C. and work for nonprofits. Now she lives in Brooklyn and, more or less, writes for a living.
If Toby and Sheila creeped you out, cleanse your palate with this video of a parrot petting a kitten.
The people who settled the Caribbean Islands brought their drug paraphernalia with them in the form of family heirlooms handed down for hundreds of years. Beats the ceramic shepherdess my grandma keeps trying to give me.
As this photo clearly shows, Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisers can accomplish 50% more than other economists, because she has three arms.
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Antihero Tyler Durden is #1 on Empire's list of the 100 greatest movie characters of all time. Captain Jack Sparrow, Ferris Bueller, and the Dude all make the top 25.
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The New York Times is liveblogging Thanksgiving.
The crew of the Enterprise does Monty Python's “Knights of the Round Table.”
This is the story of Toby the dog and Sheila the duck. Their interspecies friendship tested the limits of adorableness - until one day tragedy struck. And then things just got weird. (via Cute Overload)
http://www.cracked.com/blog/write-your-own-house-episode/
A simple, step-by-step guide to writing your own episode of “House,” including key plot points like: “To cure the patient, House does something rude, shocking, or illegal. The staff acts surprised for some reason.”
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For the sophisticated traveler, a country-by-country guide to local laws and attitudes on pot. Apparently marijuana is decriminalized in Pakistan, but Denmark is “very uncool towards cannabis.” Good to know!
Politics Buzz A new grassroots movement is urging people to “call in gay” from work on December 10 (International Human Rights Day) and spend the day volunteering. Straight allies are encouraged to participate too, so the opportunity to find out how your boss will react to an “I'm too gay to come to work today” phone call is available to everyone.
Reporters can be inappropriate, too, as evidenced by The Advocate's interview with Adrian Brody:
“So I guess I shouldn't ask you if it's true what they say about a man with a prominent nose?”
Um, apparently this year People's Sexiest Man issue includes a scratch-n-sniff component.
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So while police were in the room trying to see if the kid was still alive, folks watching at home were sharing insightful comments like “OMG,” “HELLO POLICE OFFICER!!” or “LOL.”
Here's star Kristen Stewart…kind of making a fool of herself on Letterman. Eventually she tells him she plans to drive to Russia. She's like the Sarah Palin of actors!
A preview of Ashley Dupre interviewed by Diane Sawyer - Diane's face is priceless.
Celebrity Buzz Following up on the whole “Angelina is uncool” thing, Jennifer Aniston has again captured the zeitgeist with a statement that for her, checking out Facebook is “like dancing with the devil.” She also compared BlackBerrys to hairdryers. It's like she's reading my mind!