Aw, first birthdays are fun! Just um, watch out for the side effects if Olivia eats lots of chocolated cake. It can be dramatic.

I did not go to bed when I said. I turned on the tv briefly to catch the weather and got sucked into a Frontline on the politics of abortion. That was a very bad idea. Bad.

At least I was in bed by midnight.

Actually, what is becoming apparent in The Invasion of the Mooninites!!!1! is that the real embarrassing panic was not on the part of the police, or the government, it was the TV newspeople who really got whipped into a frenzy.

Notice that not only did I spend my day at work in downtown Boston literally surrounded by ::cough:: suspicious devices without being disturbed, I had two very complicated (Somerville to Belmont to Cambridge to Boston to Cambridge to Belmont and back to Somerville) commutes without being affected.

However, if you'd tuned in to any of the local TV stations, you'd have heard that Boston was in a major state of panic.

Ha ha I win!

You do. I am weak.

What do you think? Do you love him? Is he adorable? Is it, in fact, all about the hair?

I sent you e-mail! And do I love him, for he is adorable, and has curly, curly hair.

I sent you e-mail! And do I love him, for he is adorable, and has curly, curly hair.

I run to my e-mail!

They shouldn't be - that's from the "share with friends" setup and I accessed it without signing in to my account.

Huh. I get something asking me to enter in the access code.

Moi aussi.

Huh. I get something asking me to enter in the access code.

They have now arrested two people in connection with mooninite faux-terrorism plot.

While Boston officials were livid, fans of the show mocked authorities for what they called an overreaction.

About a dozen fans gathered outside Charlestown District Court on Thursday morning with signs saying "1-31-07 Never Forget" and "Free Peter."

"We're the laughing stock," said Tracy O'Connor, 34.

"It's almost too easy to be a terrorist these days," said Jennifer Mason, 26. "You stick a box on a corner and you can shut down a city."

O'Connor said there's nothing wrong with being vigilant, but said she said it was ridiculous to shut down a city "when anyone under the age of 35 knew this was a joke the second they saw it."

Authorities vowed to hold Turner accountable for what Menino said was "corporate greed," that led to at least $750,000 in police costs.

As soon as Turner realized the Boston problem around 5 p.m., it said, law enforcement officials were told of their locations in 10 cities where it said the devices had been placed for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia.

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The two guys they arrested are screwed - unless public opinion sways to the view that the city way-overreacted....

Authorities vowed to hold Turner accountable for what Menino said was "corporate greed," that led to at least $750,000 in police costs.

Corporate greed is a crime now? Someone better go arrest Exxon-Mobil.

The more Boston's officials talk, the sillier they sound. Corporate greed? Really? Outsourcing the placement of light-brites to advertise a low-budget 15 minute cartoon?

The two guys they arrested are screwed - unless public opinion sways to the view that the city way-overreacted....

Or, I dunno, maybe the judge and their lawyers might have something to do with their fate.