Born on State Highway 1

Massive props to Matty Backhouse: his (first?) by-line in the Herald.

In lieu of a post today, enjoy this T-shirt from Project Kickass.

You should probably also be watching Between Two Ferns, such as this:

And have you been reading the latest Axe Cop? Of late he has been teamed up with Doctor McNinja!

Or you could do your part to keep the Objects from meeting.

Up to you.

No, not Jet Li or Jackie Chan.

These guys:

But why choose Jon Stewart? Why turn to a man for information about the world who is so laid back that the only thing more frequent than his weed jokes are his fart jokes; a man so self-deprecating that he enjoys declaring to his audience that his show follows a show about muppets?

There are many reasons. For starters, he is smart. He can process and distill a vast, complex knowledge base into manageable, crystal-clear chunks, and can simultaneously juggle big picture with nuanced picture. And yet…lots of people have impressive cognitive capacities and eloquence, and I routinely dismiss or distrust them.

Psychology Today: The Psychology of Jon Stewart

Some 500 to 2,000 British schoolgirls will be genitally mutilated over the summer holidays. Some will be taken abroad, others will be “cut” or circumcised and sewn closed here in the UK by women already living here or who are flown in and brought to “cutting parties” for a few girls at a time in a cost-saving exercise.

Then the girls will return to their schools and try to get on with their lives, scarred mentally and physically by female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice that serves as a social and cultural bonding exercise and, among those who are stitched up, to ensure that chastity can be proved to a future husband.

The Guardian on the practice of FGM in the United Kingdom.