Archive for January, 2011

Know This:

• Above: “A protester kisses a police officer during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011” (reuters via bb). Meanwhile, TDW’s #Egypt liveblogging is still going strong.

• House GOP plans to rebrand the word “rape” in effort to further restrict government-funded abortions.

• Entertainment News Mini-Roundup: Mark Zuckerberg cameo on tomorrow’s SNL rumored; James Cameron joins Twitter; Charlie Sheen enters rehab, Two and a Half Men production halts. Related: Is Charlie Sheen Dead?

• RIP: Gladys Horton, Marvelettes founding member, dead at 66. Also: Comedian Charlie Callas, at 86.

Read This:

• Jon Stewart appointed to 9/11 museum board.

• The Geopolitics of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

• Actually, you can take a photo of that federal building. (via.)

• Woman blames Diddy for 9/11, sues him for 1 trillion dollars.

Look At This:

• Biden finds his Onion spoofs “hilarious.”

The Other:

• NewsFeed: Las Vegas Sets Its Oscar Odds: Will There Be Any Shocks?

• Tea x Time List: 7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster.

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Tweet of the Day: Perfect.

[via: @motherjones.]

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Egyptian Protest Recap of the Day: The complete story of Egypt’s “Friday of Wrath,” as told through screengrabs from Arab television and the priceless commentary of The National columnist, Sultan Al Qassemi. (Embiggen.)

I’m still liveblogging the Egyptian protests over here.

[@saq.]

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Surely You Jest of the Day: The latest bit of recipe ridiculousness from the professional chefs at the Food Network: Dark Chocolate as a Snack.

As always, make this a meal with a side of tasty comments.

[ontd.]

Earlier: English Peas recipe; Late-Night Bacon recipe.

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Ethical Quandary of the Day: Well, are you?

inb4 “affect.”

[reddit.]

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Photo of the Day: Praying Egyptian protesters being doused by a police water cannon on the Kasr Al Nile Bridge.

Video footage here. Continuous live updates on the Egyptian unrest here.

[photo: @ollywainwright.]

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Chuck & Beans.

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Twitpic of the Day: T-Pain’s got a new tat. Like?

[@nbtpain.]

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