Huh. Björk and Tilda Swinton probably rank at the top of my list of attractive celebrities.

Maybe I should move to Iceland - I might have better luck dating there....

I think I read somewhere (TWOP, maybe?) that Santelli has canceled and they're going to have another business reporter instead.

Crap. I made sure to set the Tivo. I can't imagine why he'd bail--except for the fact that his "Tea Party" initiative seems to have been well planned and well financed, rather than the spur of the moment diatribe it appeared to be.

In spite of the am Lady Doctor appointment AND two fillings at the dentist this afternoon, the day is a success because the babysitter got Liv to take a nap! The girl is sleeping right now and I have 45 minutes until Owen gets home. Peace, quiet! Huzzah!

Have people heard this? I've read accounts of it several places:

The limits of misinformation

One California columnist has a great story that's getting attention around the blogosphere now -- an account of his trip to the office of Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif. The columnist, Dick Spotswood, writes:

While a social moderate, Sonny Bono's widow is a solid conservative. Talked to her about Obama's $780 billion stimulus legislation. She's outraged that the plan has "$1 billion wasted on a magnetic-levitation train from L.A. to Sin City" - all at Nevada Sen. Harry Reid's doing.

After expressing my doubt that the Las Vegas line was actually in the bill's language, Bono Mack directs her staff to "get him the bill, it's right there, show him." A few minutes later, a staffer emerges with a copy and quietly says "it's not in the bill."

This is the kind of thing that would be an interesting if not all that informative if it were not emblematic of a larger issue. It's now gospel in Republican circles that this train project was in the stimulus bill, no matter what the facts are, and unless one columnist visits every GOP congressional office and pulls this off, the story's unlikely to die.

Dude. Boy really likes you.

I know! My place is MUCH messier than his.

Should not be finding big bugs in the supposedly perfunctory sign-off testing. No, no and NO.

Two angry camels in a car

A small-ish sedan. I'd think that if you were going to put camels in your vehicle, you'd want an SUV, or at least a station wagon....

See, now, that Iceland-elves thing, well.

Beliefs that are honestly held are beliefs that are honestly held. In the US, projects on federal land that might affect sites sacred to Native Americans must be evaluated the same way. The federal government doesn't have to accept the reality of native religious beliefs in order to avoid offending those beliefs.

So, on the one hand, a funny story. On the other, a real effort to avoid trampling on cultural practices that go back thousands of years.

Timelies all!

The fail!tie amused me a lot.

In the US, projects on federal land that might affect sites sacred to Native Americans must be evaluated the same way. The federal government doesn't have to accept the reality of native religious beliefs in order to avoid offending those beliefs.

Yeah, the blog post that directed me to to the elf thing went on to point this out.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all Iclanders, including any Iclandic elves that may exist.

Sorry to come over all humorless-environmentalist on your funny story, Tommyrot.