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01 May 2009 11:44

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Offbeat: First you had a moustache. Now you have your own month.

Hooray for moustaches! We’ve actually been thinking of growing a moustache on the logo. Hey, why not? source
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01 May 2009 10:53

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Offbeat, U.S.: Michelle Obama: Pissed because Bo gets her up at 5:15 a.m.

  • Even though the kids are supposed to do a lot of the work, I’m still up at 5:15 a.m. taking my dog out. So for everyone who has a child asking for a puppy – you have to want the dog.
  • First lady Michelle Obama • Talking, with a degree of rage, about the new addition to her daily routine. It’s shaped like a Portuguese water dog named Bo. We’re guessing she doesn’t walk the dog wearing anything sleeveless. • source
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30 Apr 2009 21:23

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Offbeat: Now dead, he’s no longer the world’s oldest Benedictine monk

  • 108 age of Father Theodore Heck, who died Wednesday source
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30 Apr 2009 10:26

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Offbeat, U.S.: Obama’s $100 million budget cuts, explained via pennies. Sweet.

  • Clever, duder: The guy in this video must have had a fun time acquiring all the pennies he needed to explain the federal budget on YouTube.source
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30 Apr 2009 09:36

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Offbeat, World: This is the best worst quote in the history of ever

  • I’m not saying Susan Boyle caused swine flu. I’m just saying that nobody had swine flu, she sang on TV, people got swine flu.
  • British parliament member Sion Simon • Who said this quote on Twitter, by the way. It’s like three of the biggest news trends came together in a single moment to elicit a laugh from some and horror from others. May we venture to say he regrets saying this? • source
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30 Apr 2009 09:29

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Offbeat, Tech: Alzheimer’s patients could be using GPS to navigate

Grocery stores can have confusing layouts to the elderly. So can kitchens and new places. Technology can help. source
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30 Apr 2009 00:37

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Offbeat, Tech: Want to protest URL shorteners everywhere? Use GiantURL.

  • Click on this link. It’s 795 characters. You may need a URL shortener for it, but it would get away from the purist ideal of GiantURL: To create the longest, most useless URL possible. We salute you, GiantURL. source
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28 Apr 2009 22:12

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Offbeat, Sports: Amputee Kyle Maynard: Mixed martial arts’ newest fighter

  • This is impressive, but strange: We admire Kyle Maynard’s big spirit and fight, considering the odds we’re sure he’s fought against. He’s proof you can kick butt.source
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28 Apr 2009 10:55

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Offbeat, World: Chomp, chomp: Man eats his own finger in act of protest

  • It had been years since some of his co-workers had been paid. An official for a union in Serbia got a point across in a pretty insane way – to show how much his fellow union members at the Raska Holding textile factory were starving because of unpaid wages, he cut off, then ate his own finger. Zoran Bulatovic explained his logic: “We, the workers have nothing to eat, we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example. It hurt like hell.” Ya think? source
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27 Apr 2009 11:13

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Offbeat, Tech: He’s 90, but David Perlman still knows his science news

Science writer David Perlman of the San Francisco Chronicle will end a newspaper career that’s lasted 78 years. (!) source
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