Over on the Twaggies blog, we posted a cartoon version of @Aspersioncast's amazing tweet:

I bet cats are pissed they can’t sit on televisions anymore.

— Aspersioncast (@Aspersioncast) June 21, 2012

Today, the talented creator of the Nyan Cat, PRGuitarman, tweeted back to us and told us we were wrong, and included some photos as proof of his grandmother's cat balancing atop a flat screen TV. Check out the photos:

Pretty amazing! Anyone else have any experience with this kind of feline talent?

Hipsters would be more tolerable if they were pizza

— Eden Dranger (@Eden_Eats) May 30, 2013

~Illustrated by: Colin Graham~

Hate should burn more calories.

— Sarah Dactyl (@GreenEyedJedi) March 8, 2012

~Illustrated by: Colin Graham~

My sunglasses are either broke or lost at all times and cheap as hell to begin with. I am my sunglasses.

— tony logan (@tnylgn) May 7, 2013

.@walmart can u help? I've been in the bathroom in ur store for 3 hrs cuz the sign says "employees must wash hands" but nobody has shown up

— jurassic 'stache (@WyanRilson) January 6, 2013

Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819, which means he would have been 194 today. Sometimes, when I see photos of him, I actually think he looks like he's 194, living the simple life in Portland or something. It would be silly to say that Breaking Bad has renewed my interest in WW, but I must admit I have pulled out my copy of Leaves of Grass, gearing up for the finale starting in July. (SO excited!)

Meantime, here's a great 36-second snippet from a wax cylinder recording of what is thought to be Whitman's voice reading four lines from the poem "America."

America: center of equal daughters, equal sons, All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother, Chair'd in the adamant of Time.

Every time I try to walk into an Anthropologie, the salesgirls smell my poverty and see my fat thighs and they beat me with brooms

— Mary Charlene (@IamEnidColeslaw) January 5, 2013

In 1936, Parker Brothers introduced Monopoly after purchasing the rights from the person they thought had invented the game. However, despite what the flimsy pamphlet in most Monopoly sets has always maintained, the board game was not, in fact, birthed during the Depression by a down-on-his-luck, unemployed heating engineer named Charles Darrow, ideating out on his kitchen table a game that would enable him to recall happier days in Atlantic City.

Numerous variations had been in existence for years prior. For example, in 1931, a guy called Louis Thun produced an incipient version of the game. In his flimsy four-page pamphlet that came with the game, the rules were set out containing this ironic quote: "Monopoly is designed to show the evils resulting from the institution of private property." If the irony is lost on you, that's because you haven't been following the decades-long lawsuits flying around, trying to decide what person, persons or company actually has the Monopoly on Monopoly.

Meantime, Hasbro, who produces Monopoly presently, was busy some months ago rewriting the history of the game in its own way. In an attempt to spark fresh interest in an old game, the company created two polls on the Internet to help decide the future of some of the game's playing pieces. (Ah, marketing driving product... after Mustafa trotted in shirtless on a horse, every ancient brand thinks they're going to be the Old Spice of X.)

The first poll that appeared on Hasbro's Web site asked people to vote for a brand new playing piece. Of the five choices (robot, helicopter, ring, guitar and cat), it was--surprise, surprise--the feline for the win. Alex wrote about that, if you recall. Then, over on Monopoly's Facebook page, in a quasi-reality-show format, fans were asked to vote one of the classic playing pieces "off the island" via a special contest called Save Your Token. The fate of the car, the thimble, the boot, Scottie the dog, the battleship, the hat, the iron and the wheelbarrow hung on every click.

Ultimately, it wasn't the boot that got the boot, rather the iron. Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh had this to tweet upon hearing the news:

Folks who voted out the iron in favor of the cat are going to regret it when all their Monopoly clothes are wrinkled and covered in cat hair

— Daniel Radosh (@danielradosh) February 7, 2013

So what do you think of this, er, move? Would you have rather they left well enough alone? Are you looking forward to buying the new set with the new piece? Let us know in the comments below...

I try and avoid picking up turtles on the side of the road. Just in case they're in the middle of a race.

— No Friends Nige (@koalaslament) May 9, 2012

The 99¢ Only Stores are great places to pick up cheap stuff, but also the best for spotting the funniest, strangest brands. Here are 8 candies that I'd never heard of before this past weekend. Anyone every try any of these? Leave a comment below and let us know!

1. Big Hunk

On the back, it reads "Bust it. Smack it." Um??

2. Belly Flops

Look what it says on the back! Basically, you're buying their rejects. Om no-thanks-m.

3. Warheads

Chewy cubes in a new bigger size! Wait, I think I missed the original size. Darn?

4. Super Cucharazo

Not sure what that is in the spoon, but I'm not buying it.

5. Texas Hold'Em

Almost bought these just for the tagline: Winner eats all!

6. Graffiti Taffy

At the bottom of the bag it says: "Different flavors every time!" Yeah, more reject candy... I don't think so.

7. 8 Chocolatey Covered Marshmallows

This candy is so sorry looking, it doesn't even have a real name!

8. Sweet'N Low

Don't like it in my coffee, so I'm probably not going to enjoy the "candy" version either. Oh, and surprise-surprise, it's "sugar free."

1. Pick jeans to wear2. Pull them up to thighs3. Pants dance for 3 minutes4. Take pants off5. Put sweatpants on6. Cry, eat pumpkin pie

— Adrienne Airhart (@craydrienne) November 8, 2012

Staring longingly at the door works for my cats, but I tried it in a meeting and no one let me out.

— Dr. Twittenheimer (@DrTwittenheimer) June 17, 2010

I'm what Willis was talking about.

— Debbie Harry Cooter (@WhoCuppedMyCake) December 25, 2011

What sort of tape measure does the guy from The Guinness Book of Records use to measure the worlds longest tape measure?

— Aspersioncast (@Aspersioncast) May 3, 2013