GOOD DAY FOR:
Career cats
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Justifying your use of slang
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary adds slang words like "F-bomb," "sexting," and "man cave" to its official listings. [The Daily What]
Keeping everything in writing
A group of Somali pirates sends out (somewhat incoherent) form letters to the owners of every ship it hijacks. [HyperVocal]
BAD DAY FOR:
Trusting your fellow man
Thieves drive off with a New Yorker's Maserati after he obliges their request to pose for photographs inside his car. [Gothamist]
Crowd-sourcing
A Mountain Dew marketing campaign crowd-sources the name for its new apple-flavored soft drink, and the internet coughs up hopeless names like "Diabeetus" and "Gushing Granny." [Geekosystem]
Irony
A hearse driver dies of natural causes while transporting a body to a funeral. [Newser]
For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: August 13, 2012
-
5 editorial cartoons about ICE killing Renee Nicole GoodCartoons Artists take on ICE training, the Good, bad, ugly, and more
-
Political cartoons for January 10Cartoons Saturday’s political cartoons include a warning shot, a shakedown, and more
-
Courgette and leek ijeh (Arabic frittata) recipeThe Week Recommends Soft leeks, tender courgette, and fragrant spices make a crisp frittata
