Gorgeous Isaac and Franny! My friend here who just had a baby also has a dainty-featured almost 2 year old girl and a big big newborn boy. Isaac looks like such a boy.

A kid I used to babysit for is expecting a child. I mean, he's 24, so it's not that crazy, but still.

Babies. They boggle me.

one of Nutty's all-time favorites, Byung-Hyun Kim.

Poor soul. At least he gets regular playing time in the airless chasm that is Colorado.

Now that Biggio's broken the modern record, what will the (anonymous) owner of plunkbiggio.com do?? Tracking the record of outfield collisions? of comebacker injuries? (Lori mentioned the other day some AAA kid, Kyle Denney, fractured his skull on a comebacker. Speaking of poor souls, this same kid managed not to be seriously injured after being shot in the leg because he was wearing white go-go boots at the time of the shooting. Next up: he will accidentally trigger a nuclear explosion by sneezing.)

I went to a concert last night, and it started at 8pm (closer to 8:20), and at 10 I turned into a pumpkin and had to go home. Since I was awake for good at 5:20am, it's probably just as well that I skipped out after an hour of Erin McKeown, right? She was pretty good, all guitar and bounciness (although so loud I couldn't understand the lyrics), but my back hurt and I was ready for bed.

Frankly, I'm disappointed that this is getting press:

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise believes in aliens - claiming it would be arrogant to think we, as humans, were alone in this universe. The movie star is currently promoting his new film War Of The Worlds, which sees him on the run from extra-terrestrials who cause havoc on earth. In a interview with German newspaper Bild, Cruise says, "Yes, of course (I believe in aliens). Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe? Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there, we just don't know." Cruise is a long-time follower of the controversial Church of Scientology and is believed to be converting his fiancee Katie Holmes to the religion.

Of course he believes in aliens. Not in the "infinity is pretty huge, man is pretty small" way outlined above (which I'm fairly in line with), but SPACE CLAMS. XENU. BODY THETANS. The above piece is the sanest he's sounded in weeks -- maybe his PR machine is kicking into corrective overdrive, because it's not an effective way to make him look nuts, especially with all the available material.

The one thing I like about Scientology is that it makes Christianity seem so likely.

Randomly, more proof that an eye-mask is a terrible disguise: There's this Foo Fighters video that starts with a close-up of what's his name's mouth and a microphone. I still knew who it was immediately. OK, I can't think of his name, but STILL. I don't even know that guy!

I got splashed by cars twice on my way to work this morning. Stupid rain! Stupid cars!

OTOH, long weekend starts tomorrow!

Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?

Condescending bastard.

do you mean cutiehead Dave Grohl?

Hey Canadian - you ever apologize to me? you still wanting a fight?

msbelle, I'm a lover not a fighter.

(But don't think I can't take you.)

Ewwww! Ewwww! I need a shower!

From Wired - whitefonted for those who don't want to read something poo-related:

Jeepers, Creepers, Potty Peeper
Most Peeping Toms wouldn't crawl inside a sewage tank from a toilet in a public women's outhouse just to catch a glimpse of a female's derrière. However, a teenage girl noticed a face staring up at her from inside a New Hampshire log cabin outhouse toilet. "You can draw your own conclusions as to the conditions we encountered," said local police Capt. John Hebert after the girl's parents called them. Because the tank was locked, police said Moody, 45, must have entered through the toilet. "It's a very filthy environment, and before we put anybody in contact with him, we had to decontaminate him," Hebert said. "We treated him as if he were hazardous material."