James Q. Wilson dies at 80

A gentleman and a scholar.

Andrew Brietbart, RIP

Natural causes.

Autocorrect fail leads to school lockdowns

"gunman be at west hall today," was received and reported to police around 11:30 a.m. But after police tracked the number, they learned the auto correct feature on the new cellphone changed "gunna" to "gunman."

Monkees star Davy Jones dies

At age 66.

Wednesday links

Chickens Wearing Sweaters.

Man Walks All Day to Create Spectacular Snow Patterns.

Flying lawnmower. Also, lawnmower racing on ice.

The messy math of Leap Years.

Art of Ancient Calendars.

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Excellent headline

DUI driver with sex toy in tush rear-ends other driver.

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UK Holding Back Cancer Drugs

To save Government money. 

Weird 'dog-headed pig monster' terrorizes Africa

The beast was spotted chasing and attacking dogs, goats and other domestic animals.

If the cat parasite is changing our brains

Think of the effects promiscuous yeast could have!

Atlantic's rather fascinating article on toxoplasmosis here.

Canada overgovernment story du jour

Father was arrested and strip searched by police after his four-year-old daughter drew a picture of a man with a gun in her Kitchener, Ont., kindergarten class.