Catchin' Up

OK, four days' worth of posts are finally done now; Blogger's been down for maintenance a few times, and it seems like it's always happened when I was home and ready to blog. Since I've spent so much time on catching up, today will simply be a clearinghouse of some unusual stuff that I've run across during the past few days:

• A plane getting ready to take off from the Philippines was grounded for 13 hours after someone saw a mouse on board.


• A woman in Manhattan was ticketed for sitting on a park bench without any children. Even with the explanation for the rule stated in the article, it's still ridiculous.


• This may be one of the worst songs I've ever heard, and the dancing on the video is even more horrendous. See if you can make it through the whole thing.


• Headline of the week that only a stockbroker on Mars would understand: Gazprom buys Sibneft for $13.1 bln.

Blowing out the candles: Happy birthday Dingus! I was able to get him the traditional birthday burrito last night before the ballgame, since all my fraternity brothers were arriving late. Too bad he has marching band for most of the day (d'oh).