After being washed off a container ship in 1992, some of the ducks, known as Friendly Floatees, are expected to reach Britain after a journey of nearly 17,000 miles, having crossed the Arctic Ocean frozen into pack ice, bobbed the length of Greenland and been carried down the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Apparently, Baby Jesus is available online for purchase. But remember, the Baby Jesus is a pork product, so its not right for some religions.

Went up to Boston for the weekend
Asked J to marry me
Pics show the answer
No other details yet. But watch this space for developments
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From the Dilbert cartoonist’s blog. Hilarious in a sick kind of way

MSNBC article today on the fact that Heelys (those shoes with wheels in them) are causing increased injury rates in kids, with doctors recommending that kids wear “safety gear” with them (yeah, right!). I wonder how many of these injuries are caused by “accidental” trips or clotheslines by aggravated adults. Sheesh, kids these days!

Who is the U.S. Electorate willing to vote for? A black person? A woman? A Catholic? This set of reports tracks voter views over the past decades against key single traits of candidates. All kinds of other interesting and timely stuff at Data360.org

Technorati Tags: data, reports

Interesting tidbit at Freakonomics about the going financial cost of getting married these days. But comment five on that page shows the worth

Updated the blog design using a new template based off of Redoable. I’m still in the process of breaking things, so bear with me

My Mom dropped by for a visit over the past weekend. J and I only could spend a day with her really, and we took her to see the Smithsonian and the mall.
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NBC announced its Fall lineup, and Studio 60 has been canned. This makes Sorkin 1 for 3 in his recent endeavors (well, 1.5 for three since critics liked Sportsnight). I will miss the witty banter. Time to go watch my stash of West Wing I guess…. boo