Barring some miracle, blogging will be light to non-existent for the next few days.

But that won’t stop be from pointing to things I find amusing, like

(1)  the fact that robots think humans taste like bacon

(2)  What hath John Hodgman wrought?  He wrote a book in which he listed 700 hobo names.  Now, illustrators are providing drawings for each hobo.

(3)  Obama finally admits he is thinking about an ’08 prez bid.  Time magazine has his face on the cover, saying "Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President."  Yeah.  I was saying that as far back as July 2004.

UPDATE:  Even neo-con Jonah Goldberg at the Corner admits to feeling a little love for Obama:

Well, since now is the time to divulge our feelings about the man, I’ll join the fray. I think Obama is a  compelling and attractive political figure. He’s got charisma. He’s legitimately bright. I thought his 2004 Convention speech was outstanding.

Still …there are some out there who think that Obama is — and they mean this literally — the Antichrist.  Meanwhile, "Obama" is the word of the day, and The American Street has a wrap-up of various thoughts from around the punditry, but Matt Stoller writes (in my view) the best piece: "Why Barack Obama Should Run For President"

(4)  The Dr. Laura Action figure doll.  Seriously.  I’ll bet if you pull the string, she’ll say something like "Matthew Shepard had it coming".

(5)  Death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq this month now at 89.  This makes it the bloodiest in 2006 (with a week still to go).  At the current rate of  3.87 soliders per day, it will be the worst month since 2/2005.

(6)  No, not "Snakes On A Plane".  It’s shrimps on a treadmill.