1) First up, a great little piece from a native Alaskan who tells us in no uncertain terms that everyone in Alaska is weird as shit, including himself, Sarah Palin, his neighbors, his family and his fucking dog for all I know. He knows of a woman who named her daughter 9. Not Nine but 9. This is a nice unpolitical article, so don't worry about that. This guy sure seems to love his home state, I suppose in the same way I oddly love my home state. Of course my home state has no compunction about carrying drinks around town just as long as they are in brightly-colored plastic cups, so I suppose we have a leg up on Iowa.

I am salivating like Pavlov's dog right now.

2) Everything is boring today so lets jet through this: A bomb from WWII exploded in Germany. The United States has to start buying Russian spaceships, making this the official entry into the Things That Lead Up To The Events Depicted In The Movie The Postman contest for the day. They found a new Mozart composition, and some woman got her home ripped to shreds while she was on vacation because of a clerical error. Hows that for a welcome home? Huh? I asked you a fucking question!!!!!

3) In sports, The Cubs magic number is 2 after beating the Brewers in 3 innings of free baseball. More top 25 teams are getting beat by unranked opponents as No. 21 West Virginia was vanquished by Colorado, long known for not being very good. Looks like one of the last old school families in the NFL, the Steelers' Rooney's, are looking to get out of the footballing business after owning the team for, well, forever. And finally the Ryder Cup has begun, so keep up with all the thrill a minute action here.

Well, that's about it. It's lIke Groucho Marx said: "Send some roses to Mrs Upjohn and put "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill."