narrow minds often come with wide stances, all the better for kicking them in the groin

I just wanted to see that again because it is awesome.

There's a "raptor walk" this weekend that I might go on. I see them often but I can't really identify anything beyond "turkey vulture" and "not a turkey vulture", so getting some pointers in the field might educate me a bit.

Every day should be Penguin Appreciation Day.

All you 365ers need more action shots.

The Olympic athletes have very clear rules, clearly banned substances.

I feel for the baseball players though. The line between therapudic and abuse (particularly if you are ageing) really can be gray and unless a particular substance was outright banned at a particular time I think its unfair to act like they were flat-out cheating.

More proof that Katie Holmes is under some mind control.

They sure do grow up fast in Hollywood! Little Suri Cruise is not even 2 yet, but already mom Katie Holmes says, "She's a very strong woman."

"I'm very proud of her," the 29-year-old actress added to PEOPLE at Thursday's Glamour magazine kickoff event for V-Day's 10th Anniversary. "She's actually teaching me a lot – probably more than I'm teaching her."

The Mad Money star said she attended the event to support friends Eve Ensler (the author of The Vagina Monologues) and Paula Wagner (husband Tom Cruise's production partner) – but she couldn't help singing the praises of her talented toddler.

"She's very smart and strong," Holmes concluded. "And really magical."

A strong woman? Magical? WTF?

I am so annoyed that this TomKat thing has ruined my enjoyment of Dawson's Creek!

Okay - fast car question for those who know...

Could someone see a Chevy Lumina on a daily basis and reasonably think it's a Plymouth? (I know nothing about cars)

Weeeell -- with baseball players, it's pretty hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. They've all known for years that steroids were not legit, or else they wouldn't have lied about it. And they do lie about it; Palmeiro swore before Congress he'd never done steroids and then six months later tested positive for Stanozolol.

The real gray area lies in the number of US baseball players for whom English isn't a first language, who don't necessarily know what all the additives and GNC-type supplements are. (Also, not all make their homes in the US, and laws about drugs differ so much, so "I have to go to a shady ex-podiatrist to get a scrip for it" isn't even a good rule of thumb.) MLB has been pretty strongly criticized for not publishing, e.g., a detailed list of banned substances, including commercial names.

Could someone see a Chevy Lumina on a daily basis and reasonably think it's a Plymouth?

Maybe, I recall the Lumina being a pretty generic looking car.

George Clooney offers to mediate WGA talks, including suggesting everyone be locked in a room until the deal is done: [link]

Several people on the board where I saw this pointed out the potential problem: if you're locked in a room with George Clooney, why would you want to LEAVE?

We were up all night trying to figure out if we mention it to her or whether that's a waste of time. She moves into the dorm today and I foresee her failing once again. It just makes me want to scream and cry and shake her, but all that's been done.

I chime in with the "mention it, but not judgmental" also, she should check into whether there's an AA program on campus. I have a friend who's in AA, and his school had an office that was staffed 24-7, so that there was always someone to talk to if you felt like having a drink.