All Seems to Say, "Throw Cares Away!"

MelBivDevoe

The first openly-gay legislator of my home state of Pennsylvania came out this weekend (Yay!).   He's Mike Fleck, a Republican who apparently supports fracking and voter ID laws (Boo!).  (Gawker)

So now that the half-man from "Two and a Half Men" has bitten the hand that fed him and plans to leave at the end of the year, who will the producers bring in to replace him?  Oh, how about the future Mrs. Liam Hemsworth?  (Uproxx)

Don't Be Scared, It's Just Link Time

MelBivDevoe

If you're in need of a quick laugh this morning, check out these photos of terrified "bros" from the Nightmares Fear Factory haunted house in Niagara Falls.  Lots of hugging and hiding going on!  (BuzzFeed)

Huh.  I kinda dig Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's coordinating tattoos, both portions of a famous speech.  You'll never guess the source of that speech.  (The Gloss)

I don't care what the authors of this piece think, those zombie Martian Muppet costumes are pretty fantastic.  (Vulture)

Would You Like to Ride in My Beautiful Balloon?

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Image by Bill Heinsohn, Getty Images

Summer may be the most popular time to travel, but I love vacationing in autumn - temps are cooler, places are less crowded, and those annoying kids who would ruin your flight are all back in school (HA! Take that, punks!).  So where should you head if you're taking to the road this fall?  You can start at the International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico, shown here.  (National Geographic)

Me, I want to visit these amazing "hanging" pools that make it appear as if you're swimming in mid-air.  I just need to hurry up and win the damn lottery already!  (The Atlantic)

You Spin My Head Round: A Proposed Theory on Fashion Cycles

Rusty

Fashion moves in cycles. This has long been known, and yet many people seem to puzzle over the exact cause.

I have a theory.

I developed this theory after seeing what Miley Cyrus was wearing at the Hunger Games premiere and having a violent flashback to sometime in around 1997. And I thought to myself “Why on earth would Miley Cyrus be raiding Gwen Stefani’s 90’s formal wear? How old was she?”

So I looked it up. Miley Cyrus was (according to the internet) born in 1992. In the late 90s she would have been about elementary school age.

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Sweet, sweet Star Wars cupcakes by Miss M.

News Flash: Miley Cyrus doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut about drugs, mmmkay?

I was terrified of the Muppet Animal when I was younger. This might make the nightmares return.

Ah, to have so much money that I could buy something as stupid as this $1.1 million dollar breakfast plate.