The cow jumped over the ... wooden things made for jumping over.

I think cow jumping is going to be my new hobby--as in riding a cow and making it jump over things.

Beaver Fever ... no thank you.

Well, I don't think she knows how bad giardiasis can be.

Google's web search and the food web

The food web is re-engineered based on Google's ranking algorithms.

License to Slob

The new fashion trend for men: a slightly enlarged belly. Evidently exercise is out and it's cool to let go a little bit around the mid region. My favorite quote: "I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it stopped being masculine."

French Cowboys and Cowgirls

Add 2 parts French, 1 part American cowboy culture, a splash of Harley Davidson (that's right), shake for 2 minutes and you get the Festival de country music de Mirande, an American country festival in the small town of Mirande, France. How exactly, the Harley's got thrown in I don't know, but I would go.

Don't mix morphine and Wallabies

Well, not unless you want to crack open a cold one, relax, and have fun watching them hop in circles until they fall over. About half of the world's supply of legally grown poppies are grown in Tasmania. Wallabies there have been going into the fields and eating the poppies. They get high on the opium then go in circles, creating crop circles, until they crash. Deer and sheep have been known to take part in the sacred ritual as well.

Udate to "Twittering Iran's election" below

The New York Times has just published online a more extensive piece on the role of social networking, such as Twitter, in the aftermath of Iran's election. Nice, I beat the New York Times to a story.