My favorite Tunguska explanation is that it was a small, icy comet. Where it hit is so remote that it actually was some years before anybody official went out to look, so most of the debris either melted or weathered/was grown over by the time they got there. Except, of course, for the tree trunks knocked over for miles and miles.

There was a whole series of books of Fortean-type reports, such as Strange, Stranger, Strangest and Stranger Than Fiction that would have been around when Kathy and I were kids. I know my Dad had a bunch of them. Didn't warp me hardly at all, except that I always feel skeptical when an august elderly scientist pronounces something "impossible."

From you I buy it.

Hey!

I think it was the Daily Show that did something about Gonzales's statement, wasn't it with Jason Jones? I'll have to look it up online when I get home.

It was the Daily Show, but I got annoyed before I found it online.

Oh, snap! It was not TDS, it was Colbert. And here it is: [link]

Thanks, Comedy Central video search!

Timelies all!

Went swimming. Muscles are sore. Have lost pronouns.

You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!

That was the secondary blast. The 1908 blast was caused by something else, and the smaller blast in 1909 was the cross rip. Record keeping can be a bit spotty, so it's understandable that the two blasts get confused.

My friend Claudine has a dessert catering business in SD. She reports:

This month I've created a new Caramel Walnut cake with Cream Cheese frosting (a new flavor I discovered and devoured on my cupcake tour of NYC over Christmas). I made a Chocolate Raspberry Torte with Cocoa Whipped Ganache frosting for a private party. I got a small order for Pretty Princess Pink Cupcakes with edible heart decorations.

Math joke: [link]

I got it, but didn't find it funny.

So why am I posting it? Dunno. Anyone find it funny?

Not really.

Hmm. Wikipedia says that "bulkie roll" is a New England term. I know I grew up using that term -- maybe just my mom, who was a New Englander, used it? I could swear other people did.

Yeah, the whole bulkie roll thing was a shocker when I moved to Philly -- I just wanted a sandwich, and they were looking at me like I was on crack. I had never heard of a Kaiser roll.

In other news, this week's (White) Rapper Show is making me laugh SO EFFING HARD.

In other news, this week's (White) Rapper Show is making me laugh SO EFFING HARD.

Which one is this? What is funny? Is it the game show?