Three whales showed up for some aqua-tricks off the Hawai’ian coast when some residents performed a ceremony to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama. Cool, huh?

So we’re all socially compliant in one way or another, for sure, but there’s being socially compliant, and then there’s being a sheep at university for the sake of ‘getting in with the in crowd’.
Wow - I thank goodness my mother named me Mary, and that I take after my namesake from the nursery rhyme […]

Just read this article on the BBC News website:
Moss lipstick self-portrait sold
It’s actually rather good, I think. I know you’re not supposed to judge on looks, but I really didn’t think Mossy had it in her to produce something like this.

Interesting commentary article on the rednecks of America and the (scary) amount of influence they may have in the upcoming US elections…
BBC.co.uk - Today - Why rednecks may rule the world by Joe Bageant

I couldn’t agree more with this:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/policy/story/0,,2225967,00.html