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Quote of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT

- Quote of the Day


“I’m not transgender. I. Am. A. Boy,” says 5-year-old Tyler, who born a girl. He first insisted he was a boy at the age of 2, and eventually was diagnosed with gender identity disorder.

Now, his parents allow him to present himself as a boy, and Tyler’s mom doesn’t think he’s going through a phase (though doctors say many children with gender identity disorder eventually switch back to their biological gender). “I just want my child to be happy,” she says.

Don’t miss the video and pic gallery that help tell Tyler’s story.

[wapo]


Tagged: Quote, transgender 5-year-old

Afternoon Snack

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:06 PM PDT

- Afternoon Snack


From CNBC sports (and sometimes fast-food) reporter Darren Rovell, a big announcement via Twitter:

FIRST LOOK: Taco Bell launching Beefy Nacho Burrito on Wednesday: Nachos inside a burrito (99 cents)

This gratuitous one-upping of its own Doritos Locos Taco earns Taco Bell bragging rights for reaching the height of excess where tacos are concerned. But while the Beefy Nacho Burrito is still no match for Pizza Hut’s Crown Crust Carnival Pizza, at least it will be available stateside.

[uproxx]


Tagged: Afternoon Snack, beefy nacho burrito, taco bell

Lunchtime Links

Posted: 21 May 2012 11:49 AM PDT

- Lunchtime Links


Today on The Daily What Geek: When the MythBusters go bowling…

Elsewhere on the Internets:

  • Plunging: Facebook’s stock, on day two of trading
  • Over-hyped: Girl rapper Kitty Pryde, at least according to this writer
  • Revealed: The ladies behind the infamous Nguyen yearbook quote
  • Denied: Survivor’s benefits, to children conceived and born via in vitro after their father’s death, by the Supreme Court
  • Scary: A third victim in Georgia is now fighting flesh-eating bacteria
  • Luxurious: The Norwegian prison where every inmate gets a flat-screen and a private shower

Lunchtime Leisure: Balloon
Lunchtime List: 5 Nazi Plans That Prove They Were Dumber Than You Think

[image: markstevenson]


Tagged: Lunchtime Links

Kickass Kid of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 11:39 AM PDT

- Kickass Kid of the Day


Yes, this shot is real — photographer James Morgan submitted it to this year’s National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest:

Enal, a young sea nomad, rides on the tail of a tawny nurse shark, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Marine nomadism has almost completely disappeared in South East Asia as a result of severe marine degradation. I believe children such as Enal have stories that could prove pivotal in contemporary marine conservation.

Just… wow. Our money’s on Morgan for the win.

[boingboing]


Tagged: Kickass Kid, sea nomad

Another Movie Trailer of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

Ron Burgundy and the Action News Team return to theaters in 2013 after a nine-year hiatus. Here’s your first (official) look.

[hypervocal]

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT

- This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day


Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers roommate of Tyler Clementi, was sentenced to just 30 days in jail today after being found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, evidence tampering, and other counts for using a webcam to tape Clementi having sex with another man. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after he learned of the video and an accompanying Twitter feed.

Judge Glenn Berman’s lectured Ravi before announcing the relatively light sentence: “You lied to your roommate who placed his trust in you without any conditions, and you violated it. I haven’t heard you apologize once.” Ravi had faced up to 10 years.

In addition to his jail term, Ravi was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service; attend a counseling program for cyberbullying and alternative lifestyles; pay $10,000 to a group that helps victims of bias crimes; and serve a three-year probation sentence. Prosecutors plan to appeal.

[dailyintel]


Tagged: dharun ravi, This Is All Kinds Of Wrong, tyler clementi

Hero Fireman of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:04 AM PDT

- Hero Fireman of the Day


It’s the feel-good story of the day: Redditor Logan Fernandes on Sunday shared the life-saving heroics of an Indiana firefighter who saved a kitty from a fire when it seemed all hope was lost.

Fernandes reported that his mom’s neighbor Vincent, whom Fernandes called “mentally challenged,” had left a candle burning in his apartment and one of his cats knocked it over.

He came home to his house in flames. After being told there were no other people inside, the fireman were resigned to let the cats go. While the guy was having an emotional breakdown about losing his cats (“They’re all I’ve got!” he kept saying) one of the firefighters searched for nearly 15 minutes and found one alive. [H]e stayed outside giving it mouth to mouth and oxygen for 20 minutes until she started purring again. Needless to say, he’s f*cking awesome.

Domino was taken to a vet, who promised the kitty is going to make a full recovery. Meanwhile, Reddit users have raised more than $3,500 for Vincent, who lost his other three cats and his apartment in the fire. He’s managing, but “having a hard time with it.”

Still no word on the identity of the hero fireman.

[dailydot]


Tagged: hero fireman, REDDIT

Movie Trailer of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT


Director Maïwenn’s new docudrama Polisse follows the daily grind of the Paris Child Protection Unit — whose officers do battle with the most horrifying elements of society — and a photographer assigned to document their heroism and heartbreak. The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2011, and is “like a whole season of the The Wire packed into a single film.” Yes, please. Out June 15.

[bleedingcool]


Tagged: maiwenn, Movie Trailer, poliss

Say What Now of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:11 AM PDT


Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina, went on an anti-President Obama rant earlier this month during a sermon. Then he got off topic:

I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers. Build a great, big, large fence — 150- or 100-mile-long — put all the lesbians in there… Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out… And you know what, in a few years, they’ll die.

He ended his sermon with this thought:

God have mercy. It makes me pukin’ sick to think about — I don’t even whether or not to say this in the pulpit — can you imagine kissing some man?

Notice the “Amens” from the congregation throughout.

[towleroad]


Tagged: anti-lgbt, North Carolina, pastor, Say What Now

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Staff Sergeant Nick B. was on patrol in Afghanistan when he came across Bodhi tied up, covered in mud, and missing both ears and half his tail to some kind of torture.

"They were going to use him to fight other dogs as entertainment,” Nick said. “You could just tell he hadn't been fed properly. He was really skinny and malnourished. When I saw that, it just broke my heart. I knew I had to get this dog out of here.”

Nick says the owners didn’t want to give Bodhi up, so he traded packs of cigarettes for him. Then he coordinated with the Puppy Rescue Mission to get Bodhi out of the country. The pair were reunited in Florida on Saturday.

“It’s so much better knowing I saved this dog from a life of eating scraps of trash and not knowing if he’s going to be shot,” Nick said. “I know his life will be so much better now. He’ll have a lot of land to run around on, a pool to play in, a loving family, and he’ll be fed properly and bathed. It’s an amazing feeling.”

[lifewithdogs]