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Today (7/8/09) at 34 min and 56 sec past noon (12:34:56), the time and date together will be 123456789.

People just can't moonwalk….

A musical spoof about the Interwebs that'll have Leonard Bernstein rise from his grave, and then die again.

Police in Jacksonville pulled over a nude driver: He was driving on Suwanee Chapel Road and was stopped because the car was weaving in and out of its lane. Detectives released him after ordering him to put his clothes on and advising him to keep them on. "He gave no explanation … There is no law against driving naked so … Read More

The one on the right is Karly, age 13, holding her sister.  Guess her sister's age:   Continue reading for the answer…

Ten minutes: The time it took Maryland Zoo's prarie dogs to escape from their new $500,000 habitat which was essentially 80 truckloads of sand and clay built over a large concrete bowl (to prevent burrowing), with waist-high glass walls (coated with material to make it slippery) and wire fencing.

I don't know how they keep track, but apparently somebody keeps track: English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created. The site estimates the millionth English word, "Web 2.0" … Read More

Data from the census bureau shows that we have been gradually moving west, as a nation. The mean centre of US population is “the point at which an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the US would balance perfectly if weights of identical value were placed on it so that each weight represented the location of one person on … Read More

From Goshen, NH: GOSHEN — State police say a construction company owner shot his only employee on two different days this month with a BB gun and now faces felony assault and other charges. Twice? On two different days? Why, oh why would the employee be anywhere near the company owner after being shot the first time?

The entire collection is here, but they don't get worse than this:   Their parents must be so proud. Then again, there are even far more embarrassing things that can show up in the school yearbook.

Wish I could be there.

Oh, sure.  You can reach this blog by going to But you can also reach it by going to: http://dickensurl.com/7b05/Under_an_accumulation_of_staggerers_no_man_can_be_considered_a_free_agent_No_man_knocks_himself_down_if_his_destiny_knocks_him_down_his_destiny_must_pick_him_up_again_down_if_his_destiny_knocks_him_down_his_destiny_must_pick_him_up_again Under an accumulation of staggerers, no man can be considered a free agent. No man knocks himself down; if his destiny knocks him down, his destiny must pick him up again. That's a quote from The Old Curiosity Shop

Actually, it's a week old.  It's President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in tree plantings at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington. Except, the look on the First Lady's face is priceless: "Oh, I see.  Too high-and-mighty to pick up a shovel, Mr. President Bigshot???"

Seriously, Selma.  Your password was your best known movie role?  Not smart.

(1) Listening to BBC World News on the way in to work, I've learned that I have been tying my shoelaces wrong all these years. (2) Why is Del Shores following my tweets? (3) The vending machine at work has Baby Back Rib-flavored potato chips.  Since when are potatos supposed to taste like ribs? UPDATE:  But somehow, the idea that you can … Read More