Pigeons of Interest

On May 24, we learned that awnings will no longer protect us...

(Video at ABCnews.com)

Yes, that is the American C-in-C wiping bird poop off of his jacket.

...with his bare hand.

According to WaPo's snerker-in-chief, Dana Milbank, the errr...deposit...was made "between his 10th and 11th mentions of al-Qaeda"

And it was a particularly al-Qaeda heavy press briefing: a quick search for 'Qaeda' in the transcript yields 28 occurences. But that's nothing. Just the day before, Bush uttered 'al Qaeda' no less than 67 times in a commencement speech to the US Coast Guard Academy.

Coast Guard?! Are you crazy? "On 911, we learned that oceans no longer protect us..."

Read on, MacDuff!

Torte Reform :)

Because this is too damn funny not to share:

"10 year legal battle over cake"

After a marathon legal battle that has lasted nearly ten years, a couple in the Philippines have finally lost in their attempt to sue a pastry shop because they didn't like their wedding cake.

The couple, Edgardo and Stephanie Abenina, claimed that the wedding cake (five tiers, in orange chiffon) was 'tawdry-orange' in colour and was leaning wonkily to the side.

Here comes the howler...

However, after almost a decade of legal wrangling, an appeal court has upheld an earlier ruling against their claim – pointing out that in the wedding photos, the cake appears to be fine, the couple were smiling while cutting it, and that it was partially eaten.

A-HA! Your Honour, let the record show that the bride was indeed smiling in the wedding photos and I have sworn affidavits from several guests indicating that the cake was, quote: "Fine," and "Tasty, even though I usually don't care for that much frosting."

h/t Kent Jones via The Rachel Maddow Show

Read on, MacDuff!

Monsters Exist

I'm still here.

Just been in an awful funk lately.

And feeling guilty for being in said funk. I really have no right, you know?

So. I hope to be back and blogging my l'il old heart out again soonest. Honestly.

And I promise not to make a habit of this Depression Blogging.

Read on, MacDuff!