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This article on lady porn is fantastic, and everyone should read it.

RIP Knut

Everyone knows baby animals are cute, but Knut had to be the epitome of baby animal cuteness.  I have always been a big fan of Knut.  Even more so since I learned of his penchant for croissants, and that he was described as a "psychopath who is addicted to attention".

"Hi guys, I'm Knut."

Tragically, over the weekend, Knut died unexpectedly.  Poor little fella.  There is video of his death online, but I just can't bear to watch it, and don't know why anyone would.  Sure, there are probably lessons to learn about keeping wild animals in captivity and rearing them by hand, but instead, lets just look at the really cute pictures.  RIP Knut.  Hope they've got lots of croissants and people taking pictures of you in polar bear heaven.



p.s. this is Knut on his first day out at Berlin zoo, and then on his first birthday... needless to say, the big guy didn't age so well.  But he was a polar bear rock star who lived fast and died young.

Sophie the Giraffe

I caught up with a friend with a baby recently, and her baby had one of these:

"Hey, my friend Em has one of these for her baby - what a coincidence," I said, to which my friend scoffed and said that EVERYONE with a baby has one of these.  Want to know why?  Well read this really quite interesting article (given the subject is baby toys - something which the childless are generally not that excited to read about).  So it's not because the toy is particularly good at being a toy, but it has snowballed from a couple of cool celebrity endorsements to a mass market phenomena, and parents now feel negligent if they don't have one.  Kind of like the i-pod of chewing toys.

Exclusive clubs

I desperately, madly want to be part of a club like this one day.  So awesome.  World renowned detectives sitting around and solve cold case murders over a good lunch.  I feel the total opposite about this club - each and every member of which I want to slap.  Bratty little rich kids trying to maintain some sort of air of exclusivity with other trust fund-ettes who can't handle the real world.  Their parents have done them no favours.

From the back of the new Smythson catalogue...

Too cute.

Maximum respect

For the oldies in this article who take great relish in eating food they love that the "medical community" say is bad for you.  Their attitudes are truly delightful.  There is something very heartwarming about the smiles on all their faces.  And you know what, if I get that old, I certainly want to feel entitled to eat fried chicken and caramel pie whenever the hell I like.

Natalie Portman

Think Natalie Portman is pretty cool?  Girlfriend is awesome.  On top of that Oscar business, she has studied neuroscience at Harvard, where her teachers loved her, she is a science nerd, and also just spoke out against her commercial interests to blast John Galliano after a vile anti-semetic rant.  She's adorbs.