file this under “songs that make me impossibly sad”
Ostrich Stuns Animal Community: Admits to Using Fake Lashes
In a shocking development that has set the animal kingdom reeling, an ostrich has admitted that the long, luxurious eye lashes it has become known for are fakes. A spokesperson attributed the bird’s actions to “mounting pressure” felt from the growing popularity of other large flightless avians, name emus. It is still unclear whether any punishment will be handed down from the Office of Animal Affairs.
The photo above is from the last official ostrich photo shoot.
Via ralph and jenny.
On my Minnesota to do list #1294: Visit the start of the Mississippi river
GSoTD: Indigo Girls “Ghost”
Logo unveiled for new submarine named for Minnesota
ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Seventeen-year-old Jakob Bartels was already feeling good about his drawing hobby. After all, earlier this year he won first place in a logo contest sponsored by a local restaurant.
Getting his design on a beer stein was one thing. But a nuclear powered submarine is something else altogether.
On Friday, another of Bartels’ designs was unveiled as the crest for the USS Minnesota, a Navy submarine now being built at a shipyard in Virginia and scheduled for commissioning in late 2013.
Bartel’s design incorporates a seafaring Viking, the North Star, a blue background to represent Minnesota’s lakes, a band of maroon to represent the University of Minnesota and a Latin inscription that translates to “From the North, Power.”
Also featured on the crest is a walleye mean enough to scare a Mille Lacs fisherman right out of his boat.
For his efforts Bartels was awarded a $1,500 scholarship and a free trip to the Minnesota’s commissioning.
The USS Minnesota will be the third navy vessel named for the state, and the first since 1907.
(via justgoingtogo)
look at that archway!
(via random-digit)
