That's bonkers. I remember just having a couple of kids on odd no-school days when I worked at the afterschool place. They just had fewer of the part-time people around.

yeah, I think I have to talk to someone. I mean, sure, I had not signed him up until Saturday, but I kinda feel by then that they should have made the yay or nay call already. Still, not the end of the world, just inconvenient.

ION, I got mac Walter the Farting Dog yesterday and we read it last night. good times.

And people wonder why we need a new health care system:

Nancy Clinton got a surprise when she called her health insurance company recently. She was calling to ask about a benefit issue, and she said that as long as she was on the line, the company might as well note her new ZIP code: 80504.

"So, she went in and came back and said, 'Oh, this is going to significantly increase your premium,'" Clinton said Friday...

Clinton's was one of 8,610 northeast Longmont addresses that had their ZIP codes changed to 80504 from 80501 on July 1.

"Our health insurance would go up about $60 a month," Clinton said. "I didn't move, and the hospital didn't move."

mbelle, do you & Mac know of Captain Underpants?

Did you hear the one about the woman whose breast was bleeding, and her claim was denied, because she "should have known it wasn't an emergency and shouldn't have gone to the ER"?

Well, with lots of media attention her insurance company decided to pay the claim anyway.

Yeah, Right: Baby’s Chewbacca Costume

Yeah. So, this is supposedly a baby’s Chewbacca costume.

But clearly we are looking at a Fraggle groomed like a French poodle. Who happens to be carrying Chewbacca’s satchel.

Bottom line: the prolific licensing arm of LucasFilm continues to love and respect you.

Knitted Serenity

Cute and suggestive at the same time. As every rocket ship should be.

Emaryn had a soccer game and their team lost 5-1. They have a lot of first time soccer players on their team so it's difficult. On the positive side Emaryn scored the goal. I think her team has scored 3 goals so far this season and Emaryn has accounted for two of them.

This is the most awesome music video I've seen in a while.

Your Monday Morning Mental Sorbet: All is Lost, There is No Hope

Not totally worksafe, as the word "shit" occurs at least twice.

Each week we try to start off the proceedings with a bit of weirdness that we think will wipe your brain and get you ready for the grind that is to come.

This week, the line between nightmare and deeply wished for dream gets crossed by musician Jay Reatard in his new music video for "It Ain't Gonna Save Me," from his album Watch Me Fall. Why do I say this? Because most of the people I know probably would have loved to have their kids party go apeshit with a werewolf, water balloons, and ripping the arm off a walkaround character. And kung fu vs. a clown? Nobody hasn't devoutly wished for that. Nobody.

I head about a poll that found that only 23% of Oklahoma High School students knew that George Washington was the first president.

Nate Silver had an interesting post about it.

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I feel somewhat embarrassed that my skeptical sense wasn't triggered by that result.