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Little Faith Mwampe was born with the feet and extra tissue of an unformed twin sister on her bum area. Now that she is 9 months old, the doctors in Zambia will perform surgery to remove what’s left of her sib. Her mom, Mercy Lenganji, is 18 years old. The father of the child rejected her outright and hasn’t been back. To send him hate mail, you can look him up in Zambia. His name is Martin Mwampe.

Mercy’s family have been with her all the way and kept her and the kid strong. Now there’s just waiting for the actual surgery. They have been told Faith will only need one surgery and the rest of recovery will be therapy.

from the UK Telegraph
and wtf_nature

The Axis of Awesome are revealing that secret musicians have: LOTS OF SONGS ARE THE SAME but not exactly. The volume level is a little weird BEWARE.
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(2009-01-27 17:11:31) MACHELLLE: you might have been shocked and appalled otherwise
(2009-01-27 17:12:07) SJ: oiC
(2009-01-27 17:12:23) MACHELLLE: lol emphasis on the c?
(2009-01-27 17:12:25) MACHELLLE: lalalalaaaaa
(2009-01-27 17:12:43) SJ: i type how i speak, bitch!
(2009-01-27 17:12:44) SJ: WAHT OF IT
(2009-01-27 17:12:48) MACHELLLE: I LIKE IT
(2009-01-27 17:12:49) MACHELLLE: THAT’S WHAT
(2009-01-27 17:12:52) MACHELLLE: SO HA

When asked how he snapped out of his younger days’ feelings of crapitude:

It’s tiresome to be so wound up in yourself and dark, and it’s hard on others. My moodiness probably has a greater effect on other people—the people I live and work with—than it does on me. Nobody likes being around someone who’s bemoaning his fate all the time, and I didn’t want to be that person. I also understand now what gets me out of my head when I get depressed: physical exercise, doing a chore. I’ll hang a picture, let’s say. Or perhaps I’ll take a toothbrush and clean the spokes on my motorcycle.

The rest of the interview (it’s Playboy) is here.

I’m super glad bear showed me this song.

Unfortunately embedding is disabled. You can go here to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX8K3ASV2Rg

Matt and Kim have their own site, and they are hooked up with Green Label Sound, a music label by Mountain Dew that lets you download songs for free. Dude.

11 seconds in if you can’t hear it the first few times, and later at 45 seconds. i think this cat may be chattier than princess divaface.

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by Shiny Toy Guns, the folks that sing dis.

YouTube has begun the great undertaking of righting copywrongs. Videos folks post to the website using music without the artists’ permission are being muted. The visual content remains, and a notice under the video states the reason for the muting.

example:

A bunch of users are gonna be pissed if this keeps up. GooTube has been tracking copyright music; now they are doing something about it. How is this going to affect YouTube usage? We can only look at so many videos of puppies and kittens. People discover artists using YouTube and probably purchase tunes they would not have if they didn’t use the previewing services of the internet. Yes, people who buy music still exist.

Are cover bands going to be affected? They use copyrighted music, but they are performing it. What about clips of movies and tv shows — are they going to get blacked out? Live performances of the bands playing their own songs? This will be confusing.

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PBS’s Make ‘Em Laugh explains the internet culture to those who are not initiated to Dramatic Chipmunk. Which is a prairie dog.