It's L Ron Hubbard's birthday today. If you're looking for an opportunity and excuse to celebrate, look no further. Remember Anonymous? Those Scientology protests they did just a couple of weeks ago? Well, they're back and you, too, can join in today.......

Photo credit: sniderscion Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called Colleges Ontario and then confirming their suspicions a few days later.Phillyist learned how to put on a puppet show – it's not as easy as you might think!Shanghaiist discovers that the average starting monthly pay for fresh graduates......

Photo by Phillyist's Matt Johnson, SkyscraperSunset.com, December 19, 2007. Phillyist explored an impending implosion and lived to tell the tale.Gothamist marveled at the city's new NYC-branded condom campaign - especially the use of a Toronto landmark in the advertising. (Also, fun fact: Gothamist turned five years old yesterday.)Tired of the worldwide Scientology protests? Torontoist totally isn't: they covered the big downtown protest the day it happened, and followed up with an examination of all......

Scientology Protest on Aurora Ave. photos courtesy of Flickr User bh88keys Yesterday a group known only as "Anonymous" organized a world-wide day of action against Scientology. The protests, occurred in 14 countries and 50 cities, including Seattle. The protests hoped to raise questions about Scientology's practices and their tax-exempt status in the US. The stated goal of Anonymous is to "systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form," which they believe is......

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. LAist has finally come around to purchasing tickets for Clipper Train. Hyper local dating sites are spamming L.A. neighborhoods and the fascinating Dame Darcy talks with LAist about art, the city and earthquakes.......

Remember when Juliette Lewis used to be cool? She was one of the high points of the questionable Natural Born Killers. Just previous to that she starred across from Johnny Depp in the Gilbert Grape thing which was only a few years after Cape Fear. Have we mentioned From Dusk Till Dawn? Granted those aren't exactly indie movies, but she's always managed an indie aura even when operating under the most obscene of budgets. Armpit......