God, I hate hyenas.

all living hyena species are hunters and scavengers.[16] They have extremely strong jaws in relation to their body size and have a very powerful digestive system with highly acidic fluids, making them capable of eating and digesting their entire prey, including skin, teeth, horns and bones. Hair and hooves are usually regurgitated

dcp, you aren't living dangerously enough! But take better pictures.

"Forever Young" in a pepsi commercial offends me. It's sacrosanct, damnit.

Don't google hyena...I can't recall if it is is sex or birth. One of them is highly disturbing.

From way back at the Black Valentine discussion:

Valentine's Day is actually my favorite holiday because of the red and the pink. I give out little Hello Kitty candy bags with pink and red hershey kisses and pink and red m & m's... No black!

We were babysitting my sister-in-law's 4 year-old granddaughter over the weekend. One of the ploys to keep her occupied involved coloring valentine pictures I got off the internet for her cousins. Black was one of the favorite colors for her. She colored and entire Hello Kitty black. It's possible the younger generation sees the color differently than we do...or Chloe needs therapy, which is possible.

Oh. Thank. God. I just caught up on last week's FNL. Based on what you all said, I thought Smash had died. I'm so very very very glad I was wrong.

Rachel Maddow used the Flying Spaghetti Monster as her entry into her story on Darwin!!! And it wasn't just a brief cameo shoutout, but a detailed description of Pastafarianism (although she never used that term, unfortunately), including its devotion to pirates.

Just caught the end of Serenity on Sci Fi. I am reminded again of how much I adore Zoe.

Don't google hyena...I can't recall if it is is sex or birth. One of them is highly disturbing.

I suspect many people would find both of them highly disturbing.

This is awesome - I love Wanda!

Sykes to entertain at Correspondents' Association Dinner

Wanda Sykes will headline the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this spring, Yeas & Nays has learned.

Sykes, who was born in Virginia and raised in Maryland, did her first-ever stand-up show in D.C.

She's known for her roles on Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers," HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," in addition to her solo work.

Sykes follows in the footsteps of Craig Ferguson, Rich Little and Stephen Colbert, who have headlined the star-studded dinner in recent years.

Sykes is not only a huge fan of President Obama, but she's also gotten quite politically active of late. She came out as a lesbian shortly after the election, and appeared at rallies protesting California's Proposition 8, which made gay marriage illegal.

And don't expect her to be bipartisan. Appearing on "The Tonight Show" last year, she said watching the Republican Convention was "like watching a meeting in Dr. Evil's lair. ... It was like all of the evil people got together, and they were having an evil board meeting. ... And each of them, you know, at the board meeting all got up, and each one would tell their plan of how they're gonna, what they're going to do with the evil."

Thanks everyone! It's been a lovely birthday.