There are some excellent things flying around on the internets… these are my favourites from the last week, and you should click on them because I know from what’s good.

1. First of all, the very excellent Allie is finally BACK, yo – it’s been a long time coming, and I’m so very, very pleased to see her out in the blogsphere again after some time away… her absence is best explained in this post, which has got to be the best depiction of depression I’ve even seen. I get The Sads now and then (though I’m not depressed like this) and Allie nails it with her perfectly charming, hilarious, clever, and totally honest way. Check it out – you will like it.

2. Do you get links from Upworthy? You should. They’re things that matter… I liked this short video this week, even though I knew where it was going from the start.

http://www.upworthy.com/if-this-video-makes-you-uncomfortable-then-you-make-me-uncomfortable

On Facebook, a lovely friend of mine commented, Why is it that engaygements make me more chokey-uppy than hetero engagements?

I replied, It’s because they’re so ghey. *snort* And so lovely. And so earnest. And so brave. And getting so normal a little more every day.

It’s a wonderful thing to see this social shift in the world. I’m happy that b-baller, Jason Collins is proudly out of the closet now, but it ain’t no thing… live your life. Be kind to others. Enjoy yourself.

3. And life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Or what happens while you’re trying to prank someone at the gas pump. Man, I looooove being pleasantly surprised…

http://gawker.com/lame-leno-skit-turns-unexpectedly-amazing-thanks-to-inc-499730705

And here’s your random pic.

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Sometimes I want to karate-chop them in the neck hard enough to make their teeth rattle…

…but when they’re not ferocious, they’re pretty darling(s).

 

Now, get off the internet and go outside and SING just because you wanna… life is short, you know. Try to have a good time. :)

G.G.

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