mistakes were made Woman asks for Mariah Carey on her birthday cake, gets Marie Curie instead Rusty Blazenhoff

Food Freddie Mercury chocolate cake Xeni Jardin

Germs Germophobe demonstrates a sanitary way to extinguish birthday candles Rusty Blazenhoff

cake The cake is NOT a lie Bob Knetzger

animals World's oldest animal celebrates 190th birthday Thom Dunn

the mountain goats The Mountain Goats' "Tallahassee" turns 20 Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Weird Old Food is an archive of questionable vintage food concotions Popkin

food trends The neurotypicals are smearing butter directly on cutting boards and calling them "butter boards"  Jennifer Sandlin

Event Help build kitsch queen Allee Willis's creative legacy by bidding on a vintage ashtray (with wacky-fun artifacts) from her estate Rusty Blazenhoff

bears Video: Wild animal couldn't *bear* to miss out on the cupcakes at child's birthday party David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Take a few minutes and go check out my favorite opossum, Gladys Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets Life's hard enough, which is why this flexible lighter is a game-changer Boing Boing's Shop

politics Boris Johnson is getting away with it, somehow Rob Beschizza

Betty White 'Betty White Day' is nigh, here's what to know Rusty Blazenhoff

masks The face in this pretend "cigarette warning" video would make a great fancy dress party mask Popkin

Real things you can actually buy Happy birthday, Easy-Bake Oven! Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Obama Public Enemy No.1 in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food How to make a birthday cake entirely out of potato foods Thom Dunn

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn