Brightest Young Things

….where we rip off the best of the internet and present it to you as a precious gift-post, topped with a bow we bought pre-tied from CVS and attached with an adhesive strip, ready to go and be consumed with your first coffee/tea/quickie of the day. Voila! Morning magic! On rotation.

This one is all about lists, and squirming. So, get ready.

• More annoying things people do: (warning: even more so than this list is this morning)

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• Planning a summer vacation and looking to score go hand in hand, so THANK GOD for this handy 10 horniest countries in the world list. No, America is NOT on it.

• And neither is Japan though they probably should be considering this nugget of unnecessary information that arrives to you via RADAR (I am quoting the title here verbatim): JAPANESE EMPHASIZE REVERENCE FOR THEIR ELDERS BY WATCHING THEM SCREW. Avert your virgin eyes now.

• America however, likes their men young and wearing tight white boxebriefs. That is because America is not superficial at all. People Magazine Hottest Bachelors of 2008 list is here. And yes, Brett Michaels IS ON IT. Most notable though: Mario Lopez' Marky Mark redux. With a little extra. The whole of the internet has been staring at it for 24 hours now.

• Speaking of superficial: A gallery that finally reveals the (ugly) truth: There are NO ugly woman, just poor ones that cannot afford plastic surgery. Captivating. In all the wrong ways

• Speaking of staring: remember when Netflix made it so you didn't have to walk to the video store, but just to your mailbox? Remember how then they had instant watch on your computer? (though you had to have a PC-so booooo on that)? Well now, with this MAGIC BOX - NETFLIX MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO NEVER EVEN HAVE TO WALK TO YOUR MAILBOX. Because you love your couch and you never, ever want to leave it

• Aside from porn (delivered straight to your couch) and plastic surgery another revered national passtime is: GOSSIP. Sick of Britney? Can't even think of Brangelina anymore? Want Tara and Paris and Nicole to die? Ready for the new Winona scandal? Well, look no further as Gawker introduces The Tabloid Class of 2010

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• Poor Obama is not on the list, though according to this bit from "Slate" he should be: 13 Obama Rumors You Should Forward to Your Friends Right Now

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• Unrelated to any of this, but visually amusing: Kanye Hating on Hippies. And we've got graffitti to prove it.

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• And finally as a cherry on this superficial cake today, something to restore your faith in humanity: America's #1 Britney Impersonator.

There is still hope for all of us.

Previously in Misc/Awesome:

• 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
• 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
• 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
• 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
• 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
• 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
• 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
• 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
• 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
• 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)