sundries, in which we learn that everyone cares about the vuvuzela

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Can someone please explain to me what the point of a living will is if a family member gets to overrule it? Isn't the whole point to avoid this sort of thing? "A spokesman for the Utah Medical Association said a family member's wishes have more weight than what's written in a living will."

Mimicking is your friend.

Go make some giraffes.

Pianos are better than cows.

Apple reverses decision that blacked out panels in a graphic novel app that showed two male characters kissing. Apple still looks like shit for this ongoing app drama, however.

McDonald's CEO admits gay-themed ad from France would never air in the US. It's refreshingly frank about it, in a way that's sort of chilling. (Note: I had some other stuff here that I've since pulled that included things about my own biases as well as an inappropriate misapprehension on my part about Christianity. I apologize to anyone I've offended).

Anti-gay hate crimes double in Canada. That's from 2007 to 2008, the most recent years for which statistics are available.

Because every so often someone links me to the hanky code, usually because of some weirdly mistaken assumption that I am unfamiliar. In this case, however, the motivation was different -- the email came with the note "You're looking for 'flannel' and 'celery.'" Filled with NSFW words, and but those two entries are sort of hilarious for the DW/TW fen.

Since I don't really follow soccer, can someone tell me if the great vuvuzela controversy is a legitimate thing on some level or just a bunch of Europeans being all racist and not wanting the World Cup in Africa, to, you know, be in Africa?