I have successfully halted all productivity in my office by sending out the link to the puppies. WHO ARE IN A PILE RIGHT NOW, SO CUTE, OMG.

Ahem.

I like Nate Silver. To me, he is twenty times the regular guy Joe-The-Plumber is.

Is the puppy on the top trying to nurse from that other puppy?

I like Nate Silver. To me, he is twenty times the regular guy Joe-The-Plumber is.

Yeah, plus he's a baseball geek. So weird to see somebody from one of the SABR sites as a national pollster and key resource.

I can't get the puppycam to play for me. Hmmph.

Yeah...I've noticed that Keith and he have to do their little secret handshake before they switch geek-gears. I expect it, though it sounds like "Blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah, Philadelphia(knowing laugh)" from here. But if they stopped doing it, I'd be sad. There are just too few things to count on now. I wish he'd been around when I was dying in statistics.

The puppies are all tetris shaped at the 'mo. Pretty soon, they are going to be too big for that tub. They are becoming tubby mctubbersons. So healthy and sweet.

Lots and lots of my clients are benefiting from puppy calmitude in these difficult times.

eta: it's weird because it seems as though they are dreaming already. How can that be? Dreaming of their past lives as post men?

Wee ha! Wee ha! - frolicing baby pony.

Awesome-Sauce: Barack Obama revealed to be Barry 13X

So the new rumor is that Barack is actually the son of Malcolm X. No seriously. Dude look at the resemblance! And they actually have a very similar speaking style. Some may be tempted to see this as the event that will lose us the election. But I have a different take--Barack Obama isn't black, he isn't even biracial. Dig it--Malcolm's grandfather was white. Barack's mother was was white. So Barack isn't really half-black--he's about a third, tops. That has to be worth a few points in the polls, no? I think this news will swing Montana and Georgia.

From Balloon Juice:

Granted, it’s probably (okay, certainly) not true. But if that crazy person who runs Atlas Shrugged is right and Barack Obama really is the son of Malcolm X, that would make my day. Honestly, who wouldn’t give Malcolm props for that one? And think there’s anyway we can fit Tupac into the bloodline? Or maybe Obama actually is Tupac? You know that whole shooting was some bullshit, right?

I passed the puppycam link to a coworker. I expect I'll be able to track its progression through the office by the dopplaring coos.

I don't know if I want a puppy or just want to be a puppy.

I really want to be one of the puppies in a pile right now.