• Remember those Alaskan baby seals? No? Well, they still have Exxon on their whiskers. [NYT]
• Gay Batman, Gay Batwoman and now, Gay Superman. We’re still holding out for a gay Magneto.
• What’s hot this summer? Designer hot pants. Lordy. [LAT]
• Newegg switched for rotten. [As Far As I Have Gone]
• Mr Softee co-founder dead. Relatives, friends, spoke hardening in his old age. [1010Wins]

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