Several things. Why humans wear pants, apparently, is all due to riding horses. Reasonable. Part 1, part two.

Jack shared a bit of raver-culture today, having posted a picture on the FB of her adorable niece dressed in lots of colorful beads. Turns out, it's something called kandi. Thanks, Jack!

An article from the MonkeySee blog on two fellows singing along to Gotye's Someone I Used to Know in a highly entertaining though over-the-top fashion.

And finally, from the NYTimes, an article regarding traveling via airports, including why some people chose to carry a starter pistol (on the second page). Most of it's pretty much common sense.