Hard Hitting News

The top three most emailed stories when I checked the BBC website this morning:

1. U.S. Cat Predicts Patient Deaths

2. Unusual Car Purr Was Stuck Kitten

3. Tabby Cat Terror For Black Bear

Because obviously kittens are today's most pressing global issue. Save the kittens! Or damn the kittens! Or something!

Speaking of, I was deeply amused to note that this article in the NYT Magazine managed not to mention the real reason for the item's popularity. Look, I know this is supposed to be a family-friendly paper and all, and that implying that masturbation causes your deity of choice to kill something cute and fluffy is kind of edgy, but come on! If the premise of your article is that this particular product, never marketed to a U.S. audience, became popular through its use in silly photoshop jokes, then you have to talk about the original photoshopped piece.

...okay, apparently kittens are something I want to read about in the news. Nevermind then.