Friday Links (NFC Champs Edition)

It's already the fourth Friday of 2015! But it's still January, so it's too early for "the year's just flying by" jokes, right? I either had a major relapse or came down with a new bug on Sunday, so I've been out of it a lot again, this week. Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared: My Seahawks are going back to the Superbowl!!! The Purple Passions of Carl Corley. I love all the old paperback cover art! The pope stumbles over Charlie Hebdo. Deflated footballs just latest corner Belichick's Pats accused of cutting. (Warning: there's an autoplaying video.) Father rips into Steve Deace on gay rights. Galapagos Tortoises Make a Comeback, Thanks to Rat Eradication. The boy who didn't come back from heaven: inside a bestseller's 'deception.' What the Reaction To Billy Crystal Tells Us About Gay Tolerance. The Real ‘Deflategate’ Scandal Is That Anyone Cares. Shouts Of Protest At Supreme Court On 'Citizens United' Anniversary. Nullification, Now Coming to the Supreme Court? - Mike Huckabee suggests that if the justices rule that gay-marriage bans are unconstitutional, states don't need to listen. Mike Huckabee’s PAC Paid His Family Almost $400,000. Dumb arguments against legal protections for transgender people, part 4. This goes way beyond double-standards! Maybe it wasn’t as funny as I thought. Jeremy Jordan - "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" (Broadway Loves Celine Dion): (If embedding doesn't work, click here.) Jessie Ware covers Labrinth's Jealous in the Live Lounge: (If embedding doesn't work, click here.) Simon Amstell Stand-Up 01/14/15 - CONAN on TBS (Not exactly safe for work, but hilarious-stand-up comedy about his regrets of not being more sexually adventurous before settling down with his boyfriend): (If embedding doesn't work, click here.) Just A Gay (Blank Space MashUp) -- Morgan Reynolds: (If embedding doesn't work, click here.)