inothernews:

The skyline of San Francisco and the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge are seen from the Marin Headlands as they rise above the fog in Sausalito, Calif. March 21, 2012.  (Photo: Robert Galbraith / Reuters via MSNBC)

thedailywhat:

Extreme Bike Ride of the Day: High up in the Andes, Peruvian cyclist Alejandro Paz rides roughshod over a rock garden formed by a mudslide.

[reddit.]

Yeessssss

thedailywhat:

Slo-Mo Thing of the Day: Some kind Canuck did us all a big favor and slowed down the extended title sequence of the Simpsons’ 500th episode, which features a flipbook-style look at all the couch gags in the show’s storied history.

Music: “Feel It All Around” by Washed Out (AKA the Portlandia theme song).

[wow.]

I awoke last night, to the sound of thunder… How far off?… I sat and wondered…Started humming a song from 1962…Ain’t it funny how the night moves?…

inothernews:

jacquesofalltrades:

Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts - Yahoo! Finance

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children. He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn’t be able to afford it all before Christmas.Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter.

“She told him, ‘No, I’m paying for it,’” recalled Edna Deppe, assistant manager at the store in Indianapolis. “He just stood there and looked at her and then looked at me and asked if it was a joke. I told him it wasn’t, and that she was going to pay for him. And he just busted out in tears.”

At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help: Anonymous donors are paying off strangers’ layaway accounts, buying the Christmas gifts other families couldn’t afford, especially toys and children’s clothes set aside by impoverished parents. 

The Christmas spirit, in action.

(h/t Dot Johnson)

Genuinely moved by this story.

inothernews:

The Daily News has the wood of the day.

(via impeterpan)

latimes:

Oct. 11, 1965: Dodgers, from left, Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax and Willie Davis celebrate after winning Game 5 of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins. In that game, Koufax pitched a four-hit shutout, striking out 10.

View 130 photos for The Times’ 130th birthday on Framework.

Photo credit: Lou Mack / Los Angeles Times