We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our job easier. But sometimes, we have no idea what they are talking about. So after a long day spent staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Anyone with a kid under 10 knows 'The Wiggles' -- but you may have not known the issues 'Blue Wiggle' faced off-camera fxn.ws/yuuj1W
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 22, 2012
Typical Hollywood stuff: passing on the wrong roles, typecasting, a very public break-up with Sean Young. Nothing you haven't heard before from a wiggly blue entertainer.
After C.S. Lewis College flops, a free campus for the taking wapo.st/ykoRZp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 22, 2012
C.S. Lewis College: party school. If Arizona State and PCU from PCU had a child and that child was an institute of higher learning, it would look like C.S. Lewis College. (Not now, obviously: back when it was still a college.)
Our Birth Control Undermines Amphibians bit.ly/yYAQ26
— Scientific American (@sciam) February 22, 2012
Amphibians sure have a lot of opinions for animals that don't have fully functioning vertebrae. We don't go down to the pond and tell them how their poison glands and thin, delicate skin are impacting our habitat. They do, of course, but we carry on.
Gov't launches war on fresh milk, hair dryers... drudge.tw/ArfYmp
— Drudge Report (@Drudge_Report) February 22, 2012
Two-front wars are notoriously difficult to manage. And this one is going to involve dairy and electrical equipment close to a bathtub. Tough sledding.
'Hugo' sparks interest in 200-year-old automaton huff.to/A1Cgmf
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) February 22, 2012
He was due. Plus, it's awards season. People get interested in Mickey Rourke when there's an Oscar on the line.
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