Funny things, cute things and delicious things

Supernatural made me happy. But you know what made me much much happier? Watching videos of McCain and Obama at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial dinner. It was funny, and it obviously wasn't free of any political mocking, but man, I can take this kind of mutual criticism any day, it was sharp and it didn't make me feel like politics sometimes does, i.e. turn off my computer and go to bed forever. Both were hilarious, McCain was very smooth and pretty straight-faced with his delivery, but Obama grinning at some of his own jokes was kind of great too. And I love that they poked fun at each other as well as themselves, and ended with words of admiration for each other, because they should. I also liked Obama's words of appreciation for Hilary and how much fun she seemed to be having.

Here's McCain: Part 1 Part 2
Here's Obama: Part 1 Part 2
(thanks to miss_porcupine for the heads up)

Link of amazing grandeur: Pictures of the sun. Seriously, wow.

Random link of absolute cuteness: The subtitle on my lj (grabbed from toomuchplor's fic Constellation) really truly holds true for this because awwww, it's a chimpanzee cuddling baby tigers! My heart melted like butter on a hot plate.

I made basil chicken last night and it's definitely something I will be repeating again. It was really easy, the main ingredients you need are (obviously) chicken and basil along with garlic, some fish sauce and a bit of chili paste. vegetables are variable.
( Full recipe with estimated amounts below cut )