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Watterson, in case you're unaware, was the guy behind Calvin and Hobbes:

How Fitting: ‘This Is the End’ the Last Movie Rented from Blockbuster

"The comedy 'This Is the End' was the last movie rented from a Blockbuster store, the retailer said."

'No way my boys are going to be like that!': Responses to Children’s Gender Nonconformity

From the abstract: "Drawing on qualitative interviews with parents of preschool children, the author addresses parental responses to children’s gender nonconformity. The author’s analyses indicate that parents welcome what they perceive as gender nonconformity among their young daughters, while their responses in relation to sons are more complex."

Mushrooms: They’re good for more than eating

That mushroom-based replacement for styrofoam seems interesting.

Arab women's tech advantage

"Middle Eastern countries sent two all-female teams to Microsoft's Imagine Cup this year. That's not as surprising as it sounds."

60 Minutes tackles the cost of glasses and hidden market concentration in the eyeglass sector. Never realized that one company - Luxottica - not only controls most of the world's eyeglass brands but also many of the largest optical chains (Lenscrafters, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, etc.) and even one of the largest vision-related insurance plans in the US:

‘This freak show has a gift shop’: Hundreds wait in line to buy Rob Ford bobbleheads in support of United Way

I'm amused that they got the mayor out to sign these.

School assistant could face jail over sex video with 16-year-old Belfast pupil at St Mary’s Christian Brothers Boy’s Grammar School

About the woman charged with this the article had the following to say: "A friend of Ms O'Neill-McBurney told the Sunday Life she has been left distraught by the episode. 'Jo has been devastated by this,' the source said. 'She has made repeated attempts to have the video removed from the website but has had no success 'She is incredibly frustrated, hurt and frightened.'" Imagine this story with a similar description of the one charged were the genders swapped.

Police called to Swedish family's Ikea nightmare

My Swedish stereotypes reenforced: "Neighbours of a family in western Sweden called the police after hearing banging and screaming inside a nearby apartment, but were surprised to learn that a baby and a set of Ikea instructions were the cause of the commotion."

Klingon warrior elected to N.Y. town board

"J.G. Hertzler, known as Martok to 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' fans, will take his seat in Ulysses, N.Y., in January."