Cleveland Browns Gearing Up To Punt Ball Down Opponents’ Throats: Full Report
It’s no secret that the world’s ocean trash problem is getting bad; looking at a handful of images from the Texas-sized Pacific garbage patch should be enough to convince anyone. As for all of our litter that doesn’t end up in the middle of the ocean? It often stays close to shore, where volunteers for Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup pick some of it up, cataloging all the items they find.
(via npr)
It’s Children’s Book Week. 84% of parents who say libraries are important say libraries help teach their children a love of reading and books. Also:
- 55% of parents of children under 18 say their child has his/her own library card.
- 70% of parents say their child visited a public library in the past 12 months
- Among children visited the library in the past year, 87% did so to borrow books.
- 58% of parents with children ages 5 and younger say they read to their child every day.
Does your child have a library card? How often does your child read? How often do you, yourself visit the library?
In the arts mecca of New York City, subway buskers are often overqualified. But they’re not usually world-class jazz singers with the lungs and charisma of old-school soul stars. Accompanied only by a pianist, watch Gregory Porter perform “Be Good (Lion’s Song)” on a vintage subway car in downtown Brooklyn.
A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963. Photograph by Robert B. Goodman, National Geographic
Damn.
Parents Seize Creative Control Of 3rd-Grade Art Project: Full Report
Color signatures of novels’ visual content by Jaz Parkinson. More. Looks like it may be possible to order prints, and even make requests!
(I just finished reading The Road and I can’t believe there is even THAT much color.)
Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave: Full Report
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As urban chicken farms grow in popularity, many people are bringing the birds into their homes. They need the right equipment to keep them clean. So several business have popped up online, offering everything from custom-sized diapers and leash-ready saddles to chicken caviar.
Chicken Diapers? Urban Farming Spawns Accessory Lines : The Salt
Photo: Courtesy of MyPetChicken.com
Here ya go Chickengate, in case you don’t already have enough diapers around the house.
