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I thought these flyers were funny.

Sheesh! How can you even listen to any of them?

I am so in love with this designer. Why oh why am I building a house instead of buying her clothes?

We can all learn a think or two about food waste from France.

Good LORD Hollywood. I would probably never date a 55-year-old in real life. I'm sure that's hilarious to all of you since I haven't dated ANYONE in over five years...but seriously.

Here's your version of hell based on your personality type. (ESFP for me)

Here's why you're still single based on your personality type. (I'm going with ESFJ on this one)

Here's what you most need on a bad day based on your personality type. (ESFP again)

Here's how to figure out your personality type.

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A touching, raw article about a woman and her breast cancer diagnosis.

Haha hilarious. I love how this started out with humiliation and then turned into a 40-year tradition.

There is a forest in the shape of the state of Minnesota in a Minnesota forest. Seriously.

Well no more late night ATM withdrawals for me...though I gotta tell you if anybody comes within 456 feet of me I'm like, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" and I get the heck out of there. Thank goodness this poor girl was OK #yesallwomen

School pictures so bad they're really good.

The Onion, my favorite and the most credible news site around continues to keep me laughing and laughing.

I am so into selling my poop I might even quit my day job.

Doc says I gotta Pilates my way to a stronger back after my dumb car accident. The side effect, of course, is accidental physical fitness, thanks to this joint. Totally recommend if you have one in your area.

Why won't kids who have autism look you in the eye? This little boy explains it pretty well, giving a voice to the non-verbal kids like my nephew Murphy.

You're living under a rock if you haven't heard of this blog, but just in case...

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this?

I love this weird guy who happens to be the President of Uruguay. Please don't tell me he's actually a terrible man because I will never believe you. There's some great photos of him at this link.

Got an extra $20 laying around? Consider donating to my friend Britnie's giveforward fundraiser. She's only 27, and she found out she has a rare and terrible form of ovarian cancer a couple days before her lil' wedding this fall. It's just awful. But, we had a fundraiser for her and it was wildly successful and any little bit helps. Thanks!

I was going to put my baby in a dresser drawer, but I'll go with this cardboard box instead. But first: Move to Finland!

Whoa.

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These are so fantastic. Famous portraits recreated with John Malkovich as the model. Just brilliant.

OMG Gross. And weird.

But not as gross and weird as this!

Yah. DUH. I've been TRYING to tell ya.

Oh, The Onion. This one had me LOLing. And this one! HAHA!

Oops. Nice one, Walmart.

If you're wondering about my mom's boob.

Looking forward to seeing this movie, in which Bill Murray sings Bob Dylan.

My mom taught us kids how to fold fitted sheets the right way -- I'm surprised how many people don't know!! Watch this simple video! And skip to the the good stuff because you're impatient like me!

HAHA! I try to convince all of my nieces and nephews to inflate their logs just a little. Some fell for it and some didn't.






SO FUNNY:

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I didn't even read this one, but there are SOUTH KOREAN BABIES IN CERAMIC POTS in the photo. Something about "under 5 mortality". BLAH BLAH BLAH Probably very interesting. The photo!

20 free David Sedaris essays.

Best Countries for solo travelers. I've been to all but the Netherlands and Switzerland. Colombia isn't on there, but I'm going anyway. Sola en diciembre.

Disgusting! This is why we should all go back to having pagers. Don't let your abusive ex get at your phone, y'all!

Probably not really all that real and maybe sensationalist, but why are you microwaving things anyway? Do you really not have an extra ten minutes and a sauce pot?

This is hard for me because I'm sure I would have also really been "in heaven being a mom" and that I would also never have "been happier" and "just in awe of this beautiful person" we created and that it also would have been a "special time" for me and that my life would have "completely changed" once I "became pregnant", but you know, congrats, Ryan and Eva. I give up. You win. I'll find somebody else to have a celebrity crush on. I'm looking at you, Damon Albarn or, guy from Homeland.

This one's for you Roxie...our favorite show and your favorite pearl white slimline telephone with last number redial:

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Haha. So. True. "Imagine lying on your back and watching fireworks by yourself. Or catching a firefly with no one to show it to. Wouldn't you much rather just cease to exist in one quick, brutal instant?"

8 reasons why cheese is better than a boyfriend, though either is better than living in a storm drain.  "But man, goat cheese!" 

What it's like going to my parents' place.

I really can't stand these Buzzfeed-esque sites with ridiculously boring and poorly written captions, but I'll admit these photos of a dad and his daughter are pretty imaginative. Best to go straight to his site, honestly. Here's another cute one.

Fascinating article about a guy who lived in the woods for twenty-seven years without ever talking to another single soul, or even lighting a fire in twenty-below-zero temperatures. He stole food and clothing to survive.

Congrats to my very good friends!

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..."a Taiwanese flight attendant [...] said there’s no law prohibiting a child from pooping on his seat" Well played, Young One, well played.

Scenes from Purple Rain, (filmed in Minneapolis) then and now.

Well this is just brilliant.

I can always get behind less food waste. 


Celebrities and their from-the-past doppelgängers. 

Speaking of celebrities, this kid is hilarious.

HEY: stupid "President of Turkey", SHUT UP. Fight the Power, Y'all. A new hashtag for women laughing in Turkey. (#kahkaha (laugh) and #direnkahkaha (resist, laugh) 

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These photos are terribly sweet, but it's something I am just not willing to do. She's a better daughter than I. Sorry, Dad.

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this.

My favorite David/Amy Sedaris story. First 22 minutes-ish of the podcast, though the whole thing is pretty good.

Haha. Rising ocean levels. "Our best hope now is moderating the rise as much as we can by convincing people to only wade in up to their waists."

My dad called me last weekend to totally rest his case. I am never to fly again.

I'm so in love with mural art. Can't wait to see the movie. 

Did you know 3M Company stands for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing? Well it does. It's a Minnesota Company, just like me. I like to put the word out. For Minnesota. Here's a little story about the guy who invented the Post-It note.

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Cute little boy and his cute little dog.

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this?

Maybe I should have this.

I'm left-handed, and all of this is true -- I never realized the logic behind the bit about the ballpoint pens, but it is TOTALLY TRUE. Mine are always gobbing up and I never knew it was because of this blasted left-handedness!

For the OCD in all of us, satisfying photos of things arranged neatly.

This guy's a friend of a friend and he needs a new wheelchair. 

A picture of an appendicolith, (not mine, and Warning: gross) which is what caused my acute appendicitis, and subsequently made it necessary to have an emergency appendectomy. Basically a poop stone, or calcified feces.

A very incredibly disturbing Facebook experiment they conducted on maybe you and maybe me in early 2012. Oh, but don't worry: they're sorry.

When I have a little girl, I'm going to put her in dance classes and make her wear leotards and tape on her feet and a blonde bob wig with blunt bangs until she gets really good at it and can dance around my house like this.

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Haha. 'Be willing to open yourself up to new experiences, like going on a series of terrible dates with men you despise." I'll never tire of the Onion.

So, so true. I feel ya, middle-aged cat.

Little babies with eyebrows drawn on them.

I am constantly yawning. Here's my theory about why: my brain works really hard on accounta my bein' so smart, and then it gets overheated. Don't believe me?.

This is probably the cutest thing I've ever seen.




My favorite song, as impersonated by one man doing all of the muppet voices.

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Video links edition!

Let's start off with the super depressing:

This might be the most tragic movie you watch ever.

Why didn't I have this kind of wise counsel back when I was a wide-eyed and bushy-tailed high school student?

Didn't like that? OK! How about some uplifting videos of kids doing good things?:

A tiny baby 3-year-old explains why she's getting a haircut. (video)

Kids in the Bronx gardening!? This one is so good it's worth another link! (video)


Or what about a hilarious glimpse into my future with ol' Summer Grimes?

HoboSiren and ALadyRevealsNothing in 70 years? (Thanks Melinda)






And this? This is too good. How do they do it??

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HAHA Pharell's hat on Tumblr.

I'm pretty obsessed with this song. It's either because I'm dying for a garden this summer or because she uses the word "emphysemin'", I'm not sure.

NPR's timeline of Minnesota winter snow rage is pretty accurate and cute.

OMG what an idiot. Dad, I've never done anything this dumb as a daughter have I?

And: Dad. I certainly haven't ever done anything THIS DUMB as a daughter, have I? P.S. If she wins this case it sets a precedent and that makes it possible for me to come after you and mom. It seems you owe me a college education! Also, I feel entitled to an expensive juicer. I'll send you the link.

Haha. Travoltify your name. Some people are saying "leave him alone! he has dyslexia!" (which is unconfirmed) I still think it would behoove him and his responsibility as a presenter in front of a billion people to memorize the name of the one woman he had to introduce. What a silly! Anyway, please just call me "Kirsty Hazeems" from now on. 

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What happens when Asian Grandkids exchange clothes with a Grandparent? I LOVE IT, that's what.

Haha Onion, you've done it again!

Hilarious first date story out of my friend Sarah from So...What Else?

My imaginary daughter is so cool! Just like this little girl.

Hahaha this is hilarious. Somebody dubbed over raver-music with the Benny Hill music and it looks like they're dancing to it.

Well, kids. I guess math actually does come in handy in real life.

UGH. I keep telling you, who cares about expiration dates on food? We are so embarrassingly gosh darn wasteful.

Oh man, everybody needs to dig up their backyards RIGHT NOW!

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I like it when people have snarky senses of humor.

I can't believe I'm linking to this. But there's an Australian lady craftsy artist who knits scarves made from wool she first shoved up inside her no-no-special-place. Cozy!

These are cool but there's way too many to try to implement them into my life.

Health benefits of whiskey!

Did you hear about the eight Corvettes that fell into a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky?


I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this:

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This poor lady science reporter gets troll-mail all the time. Watch her read it. Sad.

This amazing dad made his kid a prosthetic hand for like ten bucks.

This is really cute. Remember ladies, people are also watching you scream at your kids in Target. So pretend a little harder maybe?

I am joining a choir right now. You never know when you'll be needed. for a surprise Nelson Mandela flash mob tribute. This made me cry.

Ever wonder where your old clothes go? Sometimes they go to Africa. Some people used the internet to find a T-shirt's former owner. Twenty years later.

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this.

I am 100% certain that nobody will ever love me like this.

Have you gotten your Kady-isms fix today?

Well, I mean, I've never had athletes foot, so...I can corroborate these findings.





 This will always crack me up until the day that I die:

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HAHA Glamour Shots. (Thanks, Chris.)

Daredevil-death-defying Goats!!??!?  Unbelievable.

I love the Onion. Oh man I love the Onion so much. Here are two articles that cracked me up enough this week to actually share them on my Facebook wall.

• Infertile Aunt Doing it up Big at Kid's Table
• Why Are All the Good Guys Taken, Gay, Dead, or Available?

Hilarious. (And I concur.)

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this.

Haha this guy totally fake-interpreted Nelson Mandela's funeral. I am very sorry for any deaf people who tried to watch the service and couldn't understand, but it's SO funny how when you watch him, he's totally using the same five signs the entire time. Even I can see that. It's so hilarious to me. And his straight face! And now he's saying he's schizophrenic and had an episode on stage? And not it's being reported that he was involved in a mob killing of a man who stole a television? It's too much.

I love reading articles from people who have done long term travel. Ditto to this guy's list of things he learned while traveling.

I'm really proud of  my CRAZY nephew Miles. He's going to jump in a frozen lake on January 25th to support his brother Murphy and the Special Olympics! Click here to donate.

HOW TO FIGHT A BABY:

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An inspiration. And what a way to go- This 86-year-old runs a marathon, and then dies the next day.

I think I really need to have a few Japanese babies so I can make them these adorable lunches every day.

This interview of two girls who found the scissors is pretty stinking hilarious. 

These old time photos don't seem so old-time-y anymore now that they've given them a modern facelift. I wonder, will today seem like "old times" in the future, since our photos are so true-to-life nowadays?

I want one of these un-helmets invented by two Swedish women. Too bad they're more expensive than my bike...

There are many reasons to love Minneapolis, and it's bikability is high up on that list. 

Summer saw this guy first, but if she doesn't marry him I'm a-going to:

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I never want to believe that anyone would ever lie to me ever ever ever (why would somebody lie to me?), so this makes me feel lots of bad feelings.

I was in Sarajevo and I stood in these places and this photo collection is incredible.

I don't think I'm a very good person because I would probably not do this.

Ha! Axe Body Spray is totally toxic and sends people to the hospital. This is awesome and crazy.

I wonder if anybody will ever love me like this.

As much as I hate the font he used to make this post about deep dark secrets, it's pretty hilarious. I'm guilty of 2, 4, 5, 14, 15, 26, 28, 30 (but only to determine clean vs. dirty) 36 and 40.



Here's a tiny little three-minute glimpse of what it's like to be in my family:

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Photos! Marathons! My favorite things. 30 Amazing Ways People Crossed the Finish Line at the Twin Cities Marathon.

My whole life my dad was worried about getting laid off from Boise paper mill. Well three years after his retirement, they finally did a major and devastating job cut. Photos of my hometown and the devastating job loss here.

My friend Matt Rasmussen from high school is a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for poetry for his book Black Aperture. Crazy!

The Minneapolis dating scene. What a junk article. My best friend Summer's brilliant counterpoint article here. Haha, huh?

Guh. I love it when gigantic movies choose a lead role from the general populace. Of immigrants. In MINNEAPOLIS.

Speaking of Minneapolis...a list of reasons why it's awesome here. (For me it's #1 on every list, of course.)

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Well he lost his real nose in an accident so China glued a fake nose to his forehead and let it grow for a while. At first I thought China was trying to convince me that this extra nose just spontaneously grew on his forehead after a terrible car accident and that's why you always have to READ the article accompanying the horrifying photo.

Did you know Nirvana's In Utero album was recorded in Minnesota? Here's the letter Steve Albini wrote to convince them. I sort of know a guy who bought all the recording equipment from Pachyderm Studios and has a studio of his own but that's pretty neat-o huh? Oh and here's Steve Albini being interviewed by Lil' Bub. Yes, the cat.

I love this tumblr blog with quotes inspired by Wes Anderson movies set against bible pictures. (Thanks Shash!) How about the same concept, except with Arrested Development quotes?

I've only read two of David Bowie's Top 100 Books List. (A People's History of the United States and In Cold Blood.) Now who was just the other day telling me about The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea? I guess I'll read that next. And then I'm basically 3% David Bowie.

Not one, but two friends sent me this hilarious meme of Scarlet Johansson falling down. That's how you know it's funny. (Thanks Shash and Ma). And you know what? lotsa people hated the whole album, but I actually really did like her version of Tom Wait's 'Falling Down'.

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Sweet video of a dude complaining about being ticketed for not riding in the bike lane in New York City. Problem is...it's not that safe to ride in the bike lane in New York City.

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Once again folks, I scoured the entire Internet for you. You're welcome.

 

My friends just revamped their leather goods website and you really ought to go there and buy a wallet. Or a purse. Or some earrings. Or a headband.

If you're not following this website, start now. Beautiful stories and photos of the people of New York City.

An inside look into sketch-writing at Saturday Night Live.

Mean, mean Summer Grimes.

Well, probably not the greatest act of heroism ever told, but this cute little Minnesotan Dairy Queen employee did right by a visually impaired man. (p.s. I tried to type heroicism there, but my computer wouldn't let me. I am a Dummy.)

Why we like sad music.

 

 

 

 

Step aside, Ryan Gosling and make room for Joseph Gordon Levitt.