I love him - got some bad language here!

Empathy wins again!!

I don't know if you'll take time to watch this video, but it is a fascinating and scientific reason to value empathy as the trait that might rescue the human race from itself. Interestingly enough, towards the end he discusses how a stalled path towards global empathy leads to the very things we all complain about like narcissism and consumerism so watch the whole thing.

Cat vs. Jackass

FANTASTIC 12 Days of Christmas rendition.

Their friends shout so loud that the music is tough to hear, but the applause is so well deserved I can't help but smile anyway.  Solid gold baby!

Might as well sing about it...

Give me a Sign

I'm just fascinated by the news story of the very strange man who passed himself off as the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial service last week.  Turns out he's had all kinds of charges in his past besides just faking being a sign language interpreter.  He's been charged with murder, kidnapping, rape, breaking and entering... all kind of pretty scary stuff.  

Apparently he's claiming he was hallucinating during the service so that makes everything ok, right?

Still, there are two absolutely fantastic things to come out of his debacle.  The first is this gif:

And the second is this hilarious twitter account supposedly by the offender:

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A little holiday cheer