Animal headline of the day

Dog loses battle of wits to mimicking chipmunk toy

Boy toy or girl toy?

I would use the word "both" instead of "either" to be absolutely clear.

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Texas bill to hinder gay marriage dies in statehouse
• Laramie City Council passes state's first LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance
• Luxembourg PM first EU leader to marry same-sex partner
• Morocco to allow abortion in certain cases A first step.
• Wisconsin's Feingold to run for US Senate
• Principal Fired After Racist Comments at Graduation Caught on Video
• Missouri House speaker resigning after intern text messages
• Bullying in U.S. schools falls to record low, report says It's still horribly high. And they should be tracking kids below 12 also. Bullying starts much younger.

Bad News

• Official: Boko Haram retakes Nigerian border town
• IS seizes government HQ in Iraq's Ramadi
• IS kills Syria civilians in advance on ancient Palmyra
• Russia targets 'undesirable' foreign organisations
• Toys R Us says it will close FAO Schwarz store in July
• Eloping Indian couple beaten to death, cremated in "honor killing"
• Four Pakistani Trans Women 'Mysteriously' Murdered in One Week

Big rubber ducky!

Giant rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong harbor

Associated Press Photo by Vincent Yu

I wish it would come to NYC.

(Sort of) animal headline of the day

2,500 rubber ducks stolen from Ill. police academy

How about this, bacon lovers?

The always-inventive people at ThinkGeek have come up with a new toy:

My First Bacon

Product Specifications

•Huggable plush bacon for kids and kids at heart 8 and older
•Says "I'm bacon!" when you squeeze him
•Mechanical animated mouth
•Velveteen pork flesh and super soft fleece fat
•Teach your kids to love bacon, not pigs
•Please do not eat My First Bacon(tm).
•Requires 3 x AA Batteries (not included)
•Dimensions: 19" tall by 7" wide