Awesome: Obama writes absence note for fifth-grader
Missing school to see the president? Be sure you get one of these. Ryan Sullivan, an employee at a Honeywell plant in Minnesota, got the chance to introduce Barack Obama Friday, which led to his fifth-grade son, Tyler, missing school. Fortunately, Barack came though with this. Awesome. (thanks HyperVocal, which is also on Tumblr)
Best excuse for skipping class ever.
Izu, the male lion at the Safari Park by Laurie Rubin via Facebook. Like the Park’s blog for more cool shots like this.
(via thetrevorproject)
JCPenny features gay dad in June catalog!
JCPenney features gay dads in June catalog
“It looks like JCPenney is committed to doing more than just standing up for Ellen - it’s once again standing up for the visibility of same-sex couples and their families in one of its catalogs.”
Thanks, JCPenny!
Remember this guy?
The Russian folk singer who inspired the popular ‘Trololo’ Internet meme is in critical condition after suffering a stroke.
Eduard Khil, 77, was in a coma and on a ventilator at a St. Petersburg hospital after being stricken late last week, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported. Sources said the singer has suffered irreversible brain damage.
In 2010, Khil — who was a legend of Soviet stage and film — was introduced to the rest of the world when a clip of him performing a nearly 50-year-old song titled, “I Am So Happy To Finally Be Back Home,” inexplicably became a top-viewed Youtube clip.
The footage showed Khil sporting a curious bowl hairdo, wandering around a stage emitting a joyous stream of syllables in a bouncy baritone. His distinctive trilling earned him the nickname “Mr. Trololo.” The clip became a fast hit and was soon featured on “The Colbert Report,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
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Should Fighting Hunger Be a Franchise Business?
The idea of a business franchise is more likely to conjure an image of a Happy Meal than a famine food ration, but what if the same system that makes McDonald’s globally omnipresent could do the same for food aid or poverty-fighting?
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In honor of impending summer, we give you: The Rules of Going to a BBQ
Don’t mess with this family! When wildlife officials visited Allen and Belle’s nest on the top of the University of Toledo’s clock tower to affix ID tags to their four peregrine falcon chicks, the mama and papa bird attacked, reaching diving speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. Watch the wild video.
Cute otter photo!
Otter 572 Goes to a New Home
Rescued otter pup number 572, who went on exhibit on Valentine’s Day (February 14) of this year, went behind the scenes on May 29 to prepare for his eventual transfer to the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn.
Otter 572—so named because he’s the 572nd stranded sea otter to be brought into the Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation program—was found stranded January 5 on a Cayucos beach (San Luis Obispo County) as a two-week-old pup weighing less than six pounds.
The young otter had a laceration on his shoulder, possibly the result of a great white shark bite that may have killed his mother. He was admitted to the Aquarium’s veterinary intensive care unit, then eventually introduced to surrogate mother Joy. The pair did great on exhibit, and the two have now been replaced by female otters Mae and Kit. Joy is temporarily behind the scenes. Don’t worry, she’ll be back!
Why is otter 572 going to a new home? Our exhibit otters are all female so we don’t have room to house a male. (In the wild, females and males rarely live together. Instead, they live separately in “rafts”—a group of sea otters—except when mating.) So 572 will go to the New York Aquarium, which is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. We’re working closely with the New York Aquarium’s staff to ensure that the transfer is smooth and the otter is well cared for.
We wish 572 great success in his new home. Meanwhile, you can enjoy Mae and Kit on exhibit when you visit—or via our live web cam!
I’m advertising in Lavender Magazine! The ad will not appear until June 14th, but it will look like this, and will hopefully bring me lots of business. Share away, and check out the wonderful Pride edition of Lavender, my ad, and, of course, the rest of the magazine.
Oh, and by all means, reblog and re-tweet. :)
