hey, here's an idea

I just saw the weirdest thing on ESPNnews. In this report from Austria, there was this big patch of ice, and guys were moving around on it on these blades on their shoes. They were hitting this round flat thing with sticks. Two of the guys were really fat -- or they had stuff under their clothes. A lot of them had gloves and helmets on -- I guess since it's so cold on the ice.

It must have been a sport of some kind since it was on ESPN -- maybe they ought to try doing it professionally in North America.

License and registration, please

There was to be a segment on Good Morning America today that my wife wanted to see, so I recorded the whole show. Right before the part she wanted, the weatherman was outside, greeting folks who had come to see the show. There was a group from a Catholic middle school there, with their principal, Fr. Albert Capone. :-)

The weatherman asked him to tell an interesting story about having that name. He admitted that once he got pulled over for speeding in New Hampshire, and the policeman let him off with a warning, just so the cop could say that he had let Al Capone go.

International Respect for Chickens Day

OK, this one is just too funny. It'd be even funnier if it wasn't true.

My favorite line: A day to celebrate chickens throughout the world.