Yesterday I felt a little more rested and caught up replying to comments.  Today I will fall behind again, because it’s Holy day for the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  The Denver and San Francisco are holding a missionary service in London’s Wembley Stadium.  After that, I plan to join Gwen’s Here Be Monsters show on Blog Talk Radio.  It will be at 6:00 PM EDT (3:00 PM PDT) if you want to listen or join in.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 4:33 (4:39 average).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From Baltimore Sun: Much of the "Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear," put on by "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart and his Comedy Central colleague Stephen Colbert, resembled a large-scale variety show, with humorous sketches and surprise musical guests such as Kid Rock, Tony Bennett and Yusuf Islam (the former Cat Stevens).

But the three-hour event ended on a serious note when Stewart, in a remarkable break from his usual satiric stance, made an impassioned defense of American unity and denounced cable news depictions of a country riven with animosity.

As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I must disagree.  Cable news did not make up the parade of right wing violence we have witnessed of late.  To not report it would be negligent at best.

From NY Times: Halliburton, whose failed cement job on the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico was identified as a contributing factor to the deadly blowout by a presidential investigative panel on Thursday, is defending its work and assigning the blame for the accident to BP.

Corporate  Criminals and Republican hatemongers share the same mating call.  “It wasn’t me!”

From Common Dreams: A historic global treaty to protect the world’s forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit on Saturday.

Rich and poor nations agreed to take "effective and urgent" action to curb the destruction of nature in an effort to halt the loss of the world’s biodiversity on which human survival depends.

Reporting good news is a rare privilege.  I wish I could do it more often.

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