Mid-Week Cookie Break

Linking Fool Friday

God forbid that our presidential candidates be presumptuous. That's pretty much the worst thing ever.

Reports on the Russia-Georgia conflict have been very short on causation. Pretty much just "Hey, Russia invaded Georgia, how about that," and you have to dig to find out why. The typically sound-minded Editors weigh in on the conflict.

Sports: As is so often the case, Olympic tickets are expensive and hard to get, leading to many empty seats. Yay Olympic spirit! Hooray for the common man!

Lastly, allow me to quote today's Las Vegas Advisor Question of the Day, since it will be gone tomorrow. Short and to the point.

Q: I have noticed recently that you are reporting information, with a drop-down heading, for Gay and Lesbians. Are there that many in our society that this has to be listed too?
A: Yes.

Mid-Week Cookie Break

Swedish Food Monday

Obviously from the episode where pigs took over the entire show. The stand-in sounds an awful lot like Cookie Monster.

Linking Fool Friday

Have I mentioned lately that one could make a case against the Iraq war based on the economics alone?

All those Priuses would certainly help us use less gas. But apparently using less gas is for wimps. We must increase offshore drilling, even if that has no realistic chance of reducing gas prices. After all, real men don't think things through!

Hey, I love elephants as much as the next guy, but the idea that the zoo is sending away their hippo (and has already booted the giraffes) to make more elephant space strikes me as somehow wrong. I want to see a variety of species when I go to the zoo, not just all elephants and pandas all the time.

And lastly, sports and wackiness rolled in to one: The Nats' trip to Milwaukee this weekend could be interesting.

Mid-Week Cookie Break

Having trouble deciding where to go on vacation this summer?

Play-by-play inanity

Bob Carpenter, end of the 4th: "The Nats make two baserunning errors in the inning; you hate to see that happen when you're ahead in the game."

Ooh, yeah. You know when else you hate to see that happen? When you're behind in the game. Or when the game is tied.

Swedish Food Monday

I'll be damned if I remember ever eating these, or even seeing them in a grocery store.

Linking Fool Friday

Missed the Wednesday Cookie Break because I was in St. Louis for a conference. Travel was full of minor annoyances, but nothing overly tragic.

What is tragic is the overuse of tasers in this country. It's been pretty well proven that when you give the cops shiny toys, they'll use them, often unnecessarily. Take SWAT teams, like this one in Maryland that invaded the mayor's house and shot his dogs. But, you know, what do you expect from America these days.

And remember, if you don't like right-wing talk radio hosts saying liberals should be shot, you have no sense of humor.

But enough complaining! Dirt cheap Paul Westerberg albums for everyone! Davy Crockett in Outer Space! Baseball is awesome!