News 7/01/10 Happy Canada Day!

(HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Pat Nixon and Prime Minister Edward Heath in 1970. If I'm not mistaken, you can just see a sliver of Tricky Dick's ear behind her majesty's astonishing, muffin-like hat.)

• The land of socialized medicine, marriage equality and an eerie lack of gunfire celebrates: Canada Day! Even Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second has dropped by to hoist a few with our neighbors to the north.

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government in jeopardy as members rebel over Presidential vote.

• Creepy Idiot Freak Doctor Maria New giving dangerous drugs to pregnant women in an effort to prevent lesbians from being born.

• Since Domestic Partnership is unequal to marriage and carries a tax penalty, Google tries to make it up to their employees.

• Freedom to Marry will announce blog contest winners probably today or tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who voted and if you haven't done so already, consider donating to Freedom to Marry. They're a swell bunch of folks.

Make It Stop...

You simply must head over to Retrocrush and have a look at the worst lunchboxes of all time.  What a fun site and a super way to start the day.

Thanks to Princess Sparkle Pony for pointing me toward the glory of Retrocrush.

(Image of Bobby Sherman Lunchbox is entirely the property and responsibility of Retrocrush.)

Can you tell I've been up since 2:30 this morning?

I'm going back to bed now.

Evening News 4/09/10

Oh My God, No! Women risk dreadful injury for modern shoe fashion.

Get Out.  Kyrgyzstan President offered passage out of country.

Huh? Twitter acquires Tweetie. I know those words, but that statement makes no sense to me.

Young at Heart. A couple of old diamond thieves arrested for planning to rob a Chicago bank. At least they're keeping busy.

(Picture of Claudia Cardinal and David Niven from the Blake Edwards film "The Pink Panther" via screenrush.)

Shining example of a Cuckoo Clock

My husband has wanted a cuckoo clock for years, so when he sent me this link I went to the site to see what I thought would be a possible present for my sweetie.

This clock, however, has to be seen to be believed.

Vice!

I snagged this off of FFFFOUND! and I just had to post it here. Is this the worst thing you've ever seen in your life, or is it simply an image from another era when toddlers smoked without shame?
Discuss.