Fuck Yeah

Right before Tom Frankenburg and his girlfriend split up, he’d purchased a week-long vacay for two in Malta, complete with airfare, four-star accommodations, and car rental.

Heartbroken and without a back-up plan, the 22-year-old turned to the Internets, asking people who think they deserve the trip to email him. “I had this holiday that I couldn’t go on. I couldn’t sell it. I couldn’t get a refund. I was pretty stuck,” he explains.

Frankenburg will give the trip in its entirety to the most deserving recipient:

The majority of responses are not people nominating themselves, it’s actually people nominating other people which is really nice actually, that people are doing that.

He hopes his story will inspire people to do other good deeds. “I’m spreading this message of taking control of your life,” he says. “If things go badly it’s not the end of the world.”

[arbroath]

During a routine reporting assignment at a senior center, NBC’s Ben Aaron stumbled across a pair of oldsters who will make your day: Best friends Harvey and Eddy talk about — and over — each other, then they throw in a duet for good measure.

[vvv]

In his latest video, “Because,” animator Cyriak Harris does incredibly disturbing things to his own face (and, by extension, your brain).

“So I found a stupid photo of my face and decided to make a video out of it. Why? Just because,” he explains, without actually explaining why he has inflicted this on all of us.

(Not safe for your already-threadbare grasp on sanity.)

[gawker.]

Know This:

• Argentina has approved a sweeping transgender bill of rights.
• All seven Harry Potter books will be available from the Kindle store June 19.
• The Colbert Report welcomes its first-ever engagement.
• The guys behind Scary Movie plan to parody The Hunger Games with The Starving Games.

Read This:

• The story of how Tupperware almost didn’t happen.
• A new obesity in America report paints quite the ugly picture.

Watch This:

• Introducing the Segway of skateboards.
• Friday Night Lights‘ Coach Taylor needs to tell you something.
• What if Nike made a “Talk About Running” Watch?
• The Piano Guys’ latest cover, “A Thousand Years.”

See This:

• Photographer Andrew Miller paints branded objects white, then snap pics. Oddly cool.
• North Carolina’s Amendment One vote, broken down by education.

Other:

• Tea Time Twitter: @SamuelLJackson, because of this
• Tea Time Tumblr: Citizen Voicemail
• Tea Time List: 5 Amazing Things Found In Abandoned Luggage
• Above: shinelikealltheworld

Meet Petunia, the original Pinterest serial killer, from the folks who brought us the love story of G-Male and Siri.

[themarysue]