Congrats to Cox and Forkum on their first newspaper gig. Here’s to many more!

KITT from the TV show Knight Rider is up for bid on ebay. Cool.

someone tells me that cops are better trained in the handling of firearms, I will be sure to send them here. That is not proper firearm safety.

At five weeks old, my little girl outgrew her first outfit today. I was trying to put her in a gown and was about to break out the shoehorn when the Mrs. says She may have outgrown that. Then she checks the tag, which says up to eight pounds. My daughter now weighs almost nine.

Funny story: A few nights ago, she starts crying for her 3 in the morning feeding. I get up, grab her and notice she’s had an accident that soaked through her clothes. I then take off her clothes and diaper, pick out a new little gown, and dress her back up. I get her bottle ready and start feeding her. A few minutes later, I feel warm. Then I notice I’m wet. She peed on me. I started cussing the diapers under my breath. By the way, one thing you learn as a parent is that urine is sterile. I go get some more clothes and another diaper. I remove her clothes and realize that in my 3 in the morning stupor I forgot to put a diaper on her. Just a gown. It could have been much worse.

I miss sleep.

True or False: Sushi is raw fish.
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The AP:

The extraordinary secrecy imposed by judges in the cases of Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Martha Stewart has some media experts and scholars warning that America is developing a two-tiered justice system — one for celebrities and one for everyone else.

Actually, it’s simpler than that: there’s one system for wealthy folks and one for everyone else.

Cool site of the day!

Headache causing site of the day!

The conventions are coming. There will be a lot of talk at these conventions about freedom and rights and what makes America great. Kind of ironic that they’ll be doing this while declaring what is basically martial law* (complete with many armed guards, armed vehicles and free speech zones) in these two cities.

* I mean martial law in the figurative sense, of course.

A letter written to congress from the NRA Director says:

To respond generally to the claims, please let me stress several provisions of federal law that these four Members apparently overlooked:

Firearm dealers are prohibited from selling a rifle or shotgun to a person under age 18.

Firearm dealers are prohibited from selling a handgun to anyone under age 21.

It is unlawful to mail or ship any firearm to someone who is not a federal firearm licensee (manufacturer, dealer, etc.).

The Gun Free School Zones Act prohibits possession of a firearm on school grounds.

AK-47s and similar foreign-made firearms are prohibited under firearm importation law and administrative rules, which will not be affected by the expiration of the Clinton gun ban.

Two other guns, among the “19″ guns the letters claim will be legal again (both very rare revolving cylinder shotguns) are separately prohibited under the National Firearms Act, which will not be affected by the ban’s expiration.

Also, the maker of the Tec-9 is apparently out of business. There’s more, read the whole thing.

Two boys aged 10 and 14 are accused of torturing five kittens and cutting a dog with box cutters.