Watch: Gay World War II Veteran Says ‘Good Riddance’ to DADT
Tear-jerker alert, everyone.
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Tumblr of the Week: Mastergram
Everyone knows someone who uses Instagram, the photo app that gives photos an aged, Polaroid look, on a regular basis to make their ordinary photos look more interesting. Perhaps you are that someone. But the man behind this …
The Great Pumpkin Shortage: Stormy Summer Limits Supply In Northeast
As much as we hate to admit we need pumpkins — NewsFeed answers to no vegetable — this time of year we really do. Unfortunately for those of you in the Northeast, pumpkins might not be so readily available for your Halloweening needs.
I Can Has Degree? Academia Takes On Internet Memes
Sure, we all like to laugh (and laugh and laugh some more) at the various Internet memes that we come across in our time online. But we usually don’t like to admit how much we have invested in them out loud, to other people.
No One Knows What ‘Hooking Up’ Entails — Not Even Those Who Are Doing It
NewsFeed is sure that we can all agree that college students are hooking up. Now if we could only figure out what that means.
British School Bans Makeup and Mirrors to Combat Vanity
Teenage girls at a British secondary school have apparently become entranced by their own heavily made up reflections.
The World’s Largest Sperm Bank Is Turning Down Redheads
The plight of the redhead continues. Cryos International in Denmark, the largest sperm bank in the world, has stopped accepting sperm from flame-haired would-be donors.
Emmy Editing: Alec Baldwin’s Phone-Hacking Joke Cut from Fox Telecast
Nobody puts Baldwin in the corner.
The Importance of Being Honest: Grandson Says Oscar Wilde’s ‘New’ Play Isn’t His Work
A theater in London is debuting a never-before-produced play by the esteemed Oscar Wilde. Exciting! One small problem: Wilde’s grandson says his grandfather “never wrote a word of the play.”
The Berenstain Bears Now Speak an Endangered Language
If anyone can save a dying language, it’s Mama Bear, simply because we’re pretty sure she can do anything.
Missing Colorado Cat Turns Up In Manhattan — Five Years Later
This is the story of Willow, the cat who went rogue.
James Dean’s Love Letters To Go Up For Auction
Everyone swoons over James Dean’s swagger, but soon a lucky bidder will be able to swoon over his words.