I suddenly remembered today that i saw a picture of U2 with their fathers some years ago and that i really liked it a lot.  So i asked Google and it found the picture right away.

The Prime Minister of Silly Walks and the Michelin Man lead Canada into the Third Millennium

If i told you that a bunch of Christians prayed in front of a golden bullock for money, you'd think i was just being a bigoted asshole, right?

Thanks to Joe Bay for the link.

Via Zed at meme_machine_go, a series of photographs of sand under magnification.

I sure hope i don't have a case of the Mondays tomorrow.

The source picture for my new icon was first printed in ESPN Magazine.  If you can't read the caption, it says, "It's a scene befitting Wes Craven: Pepperdine's Jason Walberg turning BYU's Johnathan Tavernari into a human bowling ball.  Tavernari got the shot off, but missed.  More to the point, no foul was called.  Amazingly, Tavernari never lost his focus.  In the second half, he drained back-to-back threes in an 86-67 BYU win.  The Cougars now own the longest home winning streak (37) in the nation.  Keep an eye on them.  Or two." Photo credit: Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune

I showered after a soccer game and noticed a peculiar mark on my torso.  It had a familiar shape, almost like...

The grey mark on the right is a piece of pencil lead i jabbed into myself in 3rd grade; for some damn fool reason, i went out to recess clutching a freshly sharpened pencil, and tripped.

For the non-francophone reader, the spray-painted part of the sign says, "Drive on the right."  Thanks to David Richerby.

Mike Nolan, head coach of the 49ers, had asked the NFL to allow him to wear a suit and tie on the sidelines when he first got the job two years ago.  The NFL nixed the request, on the basis of their exclusive licensing agreement with Reebok.  Well, Reebok "designed a black suit with a white collared shirt and a black, red and gold tie with an imprinted 49ers logo" for Nolan, and he wore it in today's game (with the NFL's blessing).  That's good marketing by Reebok, although they should've jumped on that two years ago, really.  Nolan has permission to wear the suit one more time this season, and Jack Del Rio, head coach of the Jaguars, will also be wearing a suit twice this season.

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I think that Rumsfeld, who has said he's tried to quit before but that Bush wouldn't accept his resignation, took advantage of the election results, and asked a very preoccupied Bush, "Sir, please sign this," and Bush replied, his eyes never leaving the TV, "Oh, yeah, Don. There you go."

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Gowda and his faithful iron steed.  Gowda knew exactly how long and wide his car was, and he used this knowledge to a margin of error that would make most Americans wet their pants.  On Wednesday, he took me out to do a little sightseeing, during which i saw many of the things above and also purchased my wife's sari.

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Gerald Laird and Vladimir Guerrero demonstrate a Major League Capoiera dance.

A shortage of studio time and instruments leads John Paul Jones, Mike Marshall, and Josh Pinkham to improvise.

... but it's still a great sign.

I wonder if it's fair to infer that the espresso is NOT free.