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- Thank You Note of the Day
- Follow Up of the Day: Archie Same-Sex Marriage Issue Sells Out Despite Boycott
- Poignant Reaction of the Day
- Relationship Review App of the Day
- Sudoku Is Serious Business of the Day
- Drummer Boy of the Day
- Sportsmanlove Conduct of the Day
- Mother Knows Best of the Day
- Kickass Kid of the Day
- Own Goal of the Day
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:03 PM PST Thank You Note of the Day: Residents of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, saved the borough millions of pounds by opening online accounts that helped reduce overhead (and employees), so the local council decided to give something back to the community: This video. Thanks? [interweber.] Tagged: Hammersmith and Fulham, Thank You Very Much         |
| Follow Up of the Day: Archie Same-Sex Marriage Issue Sells Out Despite Boycott Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PST
Archie Comics has announced that Life With Archie #16, which features the wedding of Archie‘s first gay character, Kevin Keller, has sold out despite (to spite?) the objections of the American Family Association’s One Million Moms project. The conservative group called for a boycott of toy chain Toys R Us last week over the company’s decision to stock the Archie issue. The issues were removed from Toys R Us shelves, but not in the way One Million Moms hoped they would be. Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater says the group “has a right to their opinion,” but Kevin Keller isn’t going anywhere. "Kevin will always be a major part of Riverdale, and we're overjoyed, honored and humbled by the response to this issue,” he said in a statement. "Our fans have come out full force to support Kevin. He is, without a doubt, the most important new character in Archie history. He's here to stay." [towleroad.] Tagged: boycott, Kevin Keller, Life with Archie, One Million Moms, same-sex marriage, sell out         |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:19 PM PST
Poignant Reaction of the Day: Advertisers dropping like flies is one thing, but when Rick “rape babies are a gift from God” Santorum is calling your comments “absurd,” you need to seriously reevaluate the kind of comments you’re making. [@pdicarlocnn.] See Also: Sandra Fluke: President Obama “said to tell my parents that they should be proud.” Tagged: Poignant Reaction, Rick Santorum, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke         |
| Relationship Review App of the Day Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:20 AM PST
An Australian website called WotWentWrong allows people who have just been dumped to ask their exes for feedback about the relationship without the awkwardness of actually talking to them. "WotWentWrong is the breakup app for couples who never really broke up,” says the site’s founder, Audrey Melnik. The survey WotWentWrong sends out to exes includes questions about kissing skills, fashion sense, and general attractiveness, among other things. So far, 500 questionnaires have been sent, and a quarter of them have received responses. No word on whether “seemed like the type of person who would send me a detailed survey about our relationship” is one of the reasons exes can list for breaking up. Tagged: breakup, relationship review app, relationship survey, wotwentwrong         |
| Sudoku Is Serious Business of the Day Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:33 AM PST
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble was seen concentrating intently during a recent parliamentary debate on the Greek bailout and future of the Eurozone. Unfortunately, he was concentrating on solving a Sudoku puzzle on his tablet. A spokesman for Schäuble’s office says the minister was “taking a well-deserved break from normal duties,” but colleagues questioned his choice of timing. Hey, he was just moving some numbers around. [arbroath.] Tagged: finance minister, parliament, sudoku, video, Wolfgang Schauble         |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:42 AM PST
[buzzfeed.] Tagged: Drummer Boy         |
| Sportsmanlove Conduct of the Day Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:14 AM PST A passionate celebratory kiss shared between French soccer players Mathieu Debuchy and Olivier Giroud during yesterday friendly against Germany in Bremen is still lingering on the lips of many fans who have made #Debuchy a trending topic on Twitter. The two had decided to French up their commemoration of Giroud first national team goal, which was assisted by Debuchy, and ended up scoring quite a bit of tongue wagging. [towleroad.] Tagged: Goal celebration, Mathieu Debuchy, Olivier Giroud, Sportsmanlove Conduct         |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:45 AM PST
Maybe this’ll persuade you to do as you’re told and clean your damn room. 19-year-old Ryan Kitching says his mom had been on his case for weeks about his messy bedroom. When he finally got around to cleaning it up, he stumbled on a lottery ticket that ended up being worth £52,981 (~$84,000). “My mum had been nagging me for weeks to tidy my room so I started cleaning up and found a pile of old tickets,” said Ryan. “I was about to bin them but at the last minute I got this strange feeling that I should get them checked.” Good thing too, because one of them was worth nearly five times Ryan’s Tesco salary. “Next time she nags me to tidy my room I won’t need telling twice,” he said. And it only took half a hundred grand. [telegraph.] Tagged: Mother Knows Best, Ryan Kitching         |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:14 AM PST 13-year-old Tara Salehi of Iran belts a gorgeous rendition of Adele’s “Someone Like You.” [dpaf.] Tagged: Adele, Kickass Kid, Tara Salehi         |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:57 AM PST TGIF, amirite? Maccabi Haifa goalie Assaf Mendes knows what I’m talking about. [biotv.] Tagged: Assaf Mendes, Own Goal, TGIF         |
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