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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PE5V4Uzobc

I dunno about the best in years but it was way better than last year. Last year was cringeworthy.

No.

Only if it also dispenses whatever flavour of gum I want, does my homework and keeps my kids company. And converts to a sled with wheels.

I've never experienced such a thing but I don't think I'd be too happy about it. It seems very intrusive.

You can easiy find trace fossils, molds and casts around here. There's a lot of Carboniferous limestone which contains all of them. There are many exposures on cliffs and beaches where you can see various brachiopods, crinoids, corals and trace fossils including burrows and tracks. You can often even find such fossils in walls and buildings that use local rock.

I have tattoos and I'm not judgemental of people having them. That said I totally agree with the law preventing children from getting tattoos.

Aside from the stigma and societal attitudes tattoos are painful, have the potential to become seriously infected and can scar quite horribly. Additionally, children are given to faddish whims. Decisions with permanent consequences and potential health risks should be made by the individual when they are fully capable of understanding the consequences, not with the enabling of a permissive parent. Sometimes we should protect children from themselves, and this is one such instance.

ETA

Another point: children are small humans likely to get much bigger over a few years. Tattoos are not elastic. If the skin they are on stretches - which is highly likely if they are put onto children - they will break up and look really awful. This is not an avoidable consequence.

Only if I have specific needs - for instance if I'm picking things up for a recipe and I don't want to forget anything.

http://www.theoatmeal.com

It's my favourite blackout of the day.

A dude on Twitter retweeted a huge number of tweets from ungrateful, spoiled monsters who were unimpressed with the gifts they received. A small (relatively tame) sampling of these can be seen here:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-who-didnt-get-what-they-wanted-for-christm

My favourite is "Was i the only person who didn't get an ipad? i mean i got a car but thats a different story all together :/" [sic].