Daily Blend: 03/19/10 – Don’t worry, it didn’t affect me (I think)

Crazy loons, cat-fights, dirty typos and weird water – bow before my mastery of variety.

• Investigations reveal that more and more companies are bringing up legal exemptions to avoid complying with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests – moreso than even during the Bush years – despite Obama’s public declaration of more transparency in the government and federal organizations.
  (via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)

• The new face of crazy in Texas? Expect him as the Lone Star State’s next Governor.
  (via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)

• Baby vs. kitty!
  (via Diaphanitas)

• Study links childhood bullying to cognitive impairments and other changes in the brain. Having been a victim of more than my fair share of bullying myself, I find a notable interest in this story and have two thoughts: 1) it truly is the scars that you cannot see that can hurt the most, and 2) this is more of a reason for anyone who claims that being bullied is just “part of growing up” and “toughens you up” to be punched in the face.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• [NSFW] You had to know that this would happen eventually …

• Amazing water stories: buried beneath a desert …
  (via The Daily Grail)

• … And on the Moon! (Really?)
  (via The Daily Grail)

As always, if you have any story suggestions, feel free to send them in.