On Christmas Day, a 23-year-old Nigerian man aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam tried to ignite an incendiary device strapped to his leg during the final approach to Detroit, but the bumbling fool only managed to light his own crotch on fire instead and then got a swift ass-kicking by a Dutch passenger who helped subdue him. So what do we know about Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab? For one, not even his rich banker dad liked him. Nigeria’s This Daily reports: Read more »

Chicago apparently takes the whole Christmas thing pretty serious as evidenced by the CTA’s specially decorated “Holiday Train.”

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Twitter gives the world access to people’s most mundane details and it’s amazing how many women love to announce to the world that, yes, they’re on the rag. Here are today’s brave, bloated over-sharers. Read more »

At first, this appeared to be an actual American Eagle ad in Herald Square, but upon closer inspection it revealed its true juvenile nature: pacifier street art.

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Just a quick note to say that we here at ANIMAL will avoid blogging tomorrow to appease Jesus Christ on the day commemorating his birth. However, we will be back next week doing our thing, though in a mildly lighter capacity. Here’s hoping that all of you have a lovely holiday weekend. Peace.

Hey remember that crazy blizzard that blanketed the northeast just a few days ago? Well there’s another one crawling through middle America right now heading east. Hundreds of flights in and out of Chicago have already been canceled and more are expected all over the place. Hell, Dallas, freaking Dallas, is expected to get four inches of snow. So if you’re traveling today, tomorrow, or over the next few days, look out. |USA Today|