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Morning Cup of Links: Cancer Humor
by Miss Cellania - August 14, 2009 - 6:36 AM
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A Malignant Melanoma Walks Into a Bar… Relatively young cancer patients are fighting back with their sense of humor. (via Metafilter)
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Details Magazine ranks the best 25 fast food items in America. Even though I’ve never had one, I guessed their pick for #1.
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The 100 Most Iconic TV Show Intros Of All Time. Scroll through to find your favorites, or skip to the top ten (like I did).
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Before you see District 9 (which opens today), take a look at the 2005 short film that introduced us to Neill Blomkamp and his aliens, Alive in Joburg. Marrying political points with science fiction is not new, but it’s been a while since it was done this well.
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The Ukraine’s Got Talent TV show competition was won by Kseniya Simonova, who is a sand artist. She gives an amazing performance, but would this art even make it past the auditions in the US?
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Man And His Dog. A collection of photos guaranteed to make you go “Aww”. (via the Presurfer)
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8 Awesome Video Game Quilts. It seems anachronistic at first glance, but 8-bit pixelated arcade game icons lend themselves well to the design of patchwork quilts.

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Comments (16)

  1. bahhhh- Five Guys>In-N-Out

    posted by Ryan on 8-14-2009 at 8:47 am

  2. I have an idea for getting the male demographic to offer more support towards cancer research (well, at least breast cancer).

    Everyone knows about the pink ribbon, and a growing number of people are getting the more humorous “Save the ta-ta’s” stickers for their vehicles. For men, all you need to do is make a sticker with the pink ribbon that says “Men love ‘em too” and I bet there will be more money flowing into cancer treatment and research. (I’d buy one)

    posted by Steven on 8-14-2009 at 8:56 am

  3. I so want that Galaga quilt.

    posted by Karen on 8-14-2009 at 8:58 am

  4. Another amazing thing about the sand artist is that she’s giving half of her winnings to a family whose nine month old has been in coma even though she’s never met them. That is extraordinary.

    posted by nikki on 8-14-2009 at 10:55 am

  5. The “Best 25 Fast Food Items” made me so happy ~ specifically the mention of Culver’s Cheese Curds. As a Wisconsin girl through and through nothing warms my heart more than real Wisconsin cheddar cheese, deep fried to unbalance the slight healthiness of the calcium in the cheese, served with a (Cheese)Butter Burger and if I am feeling ambitious, a sundae. . .

    Makes me wonder why I gain weight whenever I am back in Wisconsin. . .ha

    posted by Melanie on 8-14-2009 at 11:02 am

  6. Five Guys FTW!

    posted by Reese on 8-14-2009 at 11:07 am

  7. I’m so lucky I live in las vegas and get to eat all the double doubles I want!

    posted by gingerfridae on 8-14-2009 at 11:50 am

  8. LOVE in-n-out Burgers. These days I suffice with Culver’s butter burgers and Five Guys, but without the fresh cut fries, it’s just not the same meal.

    2×4 means 2 patties and 4 slices of cheese right? I think the Double Double is cheese enough. It’s great that you can get the burgers in any combo, even 50×50(!)

    posted by Lenny on 8-14-2009 at 12:03 pm

  9. I did not realize that I still knew the theme song to 3-2-1 Contact.

    posted by Darcy on 8-14-2009 at 12:05 pm

  10. “A collection of photo…?”

    posted by dave taylor on 8-14-2009 at 1:07 pm

  11. I really want to see District 9. I can’t watch the video here at work. I’ll have to do it at home.

    Speaking of sci-fi (not SyFy, that’s just silly) with a not-in-your-face political or social theme, The Alien Nation TV show was an excellent show. It spoke a lot to racial stereotypes and prejudices, but you didn’t realize it while you were watching it. It was only after you really thought about it did you get the message. I was very sorry when it got cancelled.

    posted by crocostimpy on 8-14-2009 at 1:40 pm

  12. I used to watch 3-2-1 Contact all the time. They have revamped and brought back The Electric Company but I wish it had been 3-2-1 Contact instead. Even at 10 or so I was obviously a science geek, sigh.

    Love the sand artist… mesmerizing.

    reCaptcha… lactated on (I don’t want to know the details!!!)

    posted by Sarah in CA on 8-14-2009 at 3:17 pm

  13. 5 Guys is really good, but runs second to In n Out IMHO. But maybe that’s because I can eat 5 Guys anytime I want here on the east coast, and In n Out is only for when I get that far.

    posted by Hyacinth on 8-14-2009 at 5:22 pm

  14. Sand artist was amazing!!

    Love Sonic Tots!

    I liked the top 100 TV themes, but was disappointed that Dobie Gillis didn’t make the cut.

    “Doooobieeee wants a gal that’s dreamy”

    posted by Tex on 8-14-2009 at 9:49 pm

  15. The first picture of “Man and his dog” looks like one of our male Chihuhuas puppies! He sired several litters, and there was always one that looked just like him! I even think the pup is a RatChihuahua! (Rat Terrier-Chihuahua mix).

    posted by Sara in AL on 8-15-2009 at 10:24 am

  16. Chipotle didn’t make the fast food list? List fail.

    posted by Mike on 8-16-2009 at 3:16 pm

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