Come Down and Waste Away With Me

MelBivDevoe

Good morning!  Feeling a little like you're wasting you life away?  Time for a reinvention!  Just follow the lead of these celebrities who revamped their lives using social media.  Oh, Takei, you are a national treasure.  (Mashable)

It's really wonderful to see the hip-hop community embracing the gay community.  First, Frank Ocean came out and was met with love and support.  Now, in his latest video, rapper Murs fights homophobia with a same-sex kiss.  (Gawker)

Also wonderful: this slideshow of Olympic athletes and their pets.  It's almost too much cuteness for one link!  (People)

"How I Met Your Mother" might be renewed for a ninth season.  Ugh.  Look, it's a great show, but it's time to wrap things up.  I think they've dragged out the central mystery long enough now!  (Uproxx)

April Fool's Day Was Yesterday. I Hate That Day.

Pinky McLadybits

Via

Yes. I hate April Fool's Day. I do, however, enjoy reading about good pranks. I'm an enigma wrapped in a bitch tortilla. Here are some pranks to make you giggle. (Gawker)

Lifehacker has a comprehensive, and ever-changing, list of websites and their chosen April Fool's Day pranks. This is always fun too. (Lifehacker)

I'm done with the prank links. These cakes are not lies. (CakeWrecks)

From perfect cakes to terrible cover art, here are the Worst Album Covers of All Time. OF ALL TIME! (tastebuds)