Lovie Smith Becomes First African-American Coach To Lose Super Bowl

...a headline from "The Onion" that made me crack up. Read the article here. I also liked this: White House Quietly Retracts Entire State Of The Union Address and this: Touring Raffi Refuses To Play 'Shake My Sillies Out'. Did anyone else watch Raffi videos as a child? Maybe I know him just cuz my mom's a preschool teacher.

I just came across this on The Onion's site, too (hee hee!):



Hey Kate and Andrew and anyone else who has attempted to comment in vain: I changed my settings so that ANYONE can post a comment on my blog. I don't want to discriminate against non-Blogger account people.

I feel like posting a random picture, but I haven't taken or drawn any in a while, so here is an award-winning photo of a copepod taken by my friend and Ph.D. committee member Dr. Robert Moeller. Robert if you're reading this I hope you don't mind:



Isn't it beautiful? Doesn't it make you wish you studied zooplankton like I do?

More random musings: my friends and (certain) family members are fantastic. A very sincere thank you to all of you who have listened to me rant, cry, curse, and cry some more.