Brightest Young Things

• A French court has convicted Scientology of fraud, even consider banning the "religion"

• What is was like to be a woman who working for David Letterman and NOT sleep with him

• The Smith Westerns? Coolest band ever?

• EACH summer, a team from the University of Oslo in Norway go hunting for monsters on the island of Spitsbergen.

• SUPER NSFW cut of the Girls "Lust For Life" video ft super awesome Hunx from Hunx and his Punx

• Man kills 17 year old son at birthday party over a video game.

• Thank the lord there is an entire blog dedicated to bad rappers- i mean everything on this site is a total monster jam especially BANGS

• The Strokes are in a fight, "We're not like people who go to the movies together."- not like this means anything in 2009

• The girls of CMJ

• Dit Von Teese did too many drugs in the 1990s

• Man busted with weed stuck to his forehead

• Chimps totally grieve

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!)