That explains some of the people here

11AM Those Are the Two Paths to Career Success in San Diego
Office girl: So I decided to be different and do psychotropic drugs while everyone else did cannibalism. It was pretty cool.
Office guy (nodding): That makes sense.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Slowly backing away...
via Overheard in the Office, Aug 27, 2008

Chew on this

Ukraine opposition to send Georgian leader neckties to chew on (RIA Novosti)

Which

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Festival of Sail

Festival of Sail is going on in San Diego right now -- 20 tall ships, cool stuff, can spend hours and hours there.

Here's a good flash video clip on it (click on the image). I took a lot of photos yesterday and with any luck will upload some here sometime.

Jimmy Carter handles the Russian invasion of Georgia

Got this from a comment on this posting over on Ann Althouse's blog.

Little Kid: Mr. Jimmy, Mr. Jimmy, the Rusians are coming. They got them there tanks and everything? Mr. Jimmy, Mr. Jimmy, please come on out.

Mr. Jimmy: What’s that you sayin boy, the Russians are a comin?

Little Kid: Yeah, Mr. Jimmy. With tanks and rocket launchers, and lots and lots of soldiers.

Mr. Jimmy: Well, let’s go out and welcome them in. They must be hungry. I’ll get Miss Rosalind to whip up some grub for them. I’ll bet they need homes too.

Little Kid: But Mr. Jimmy…

Mr. Jimmy: Don’t you sass me boy! This here is Georgia and we are peaceful hospitable people. Be proud. Now lead me to them there Russians so I can give them a proper Georgia welcome.

Death Star over San Francisco

and some old friends show up at the end of the video too. This is great.

Garfield minus Garfield equals

I have mentioned Garfield minus Garfield before. Here's a nice Washington Post article about it -- glad to see that Jim Davis has positive things to say about it.

Saakashvili eats his tie

I thought about coming up with my own title, but it's just perfect the way it is.

When I first saw the news story I thought that maybe it was a Russian euphemism that didn't translate into English well. But no, he was really eating his tie.

High point of the Olympic trip

George Bush learned a lot about beach volleyball. (LA Times)

How's the corn crop

Some commentary about the persistent Iowa corn farmers (more at DealBreaker)

If you take a drive through the gravel roads of rural Iowa, as we did this past weekend, you'll find it striking just how much chaos the June inflicted. A fallow field on one side of the road tells part of the story. Farmers planted on their usual schedule, watched their nascent crop get washed out by floods. Those who planted again saw the floods return, washing out another unborn crop. Many decided not to plant a third time.

On the other side of the road, though, you might see a vibrant green and yellow field, displaying the tenacity of Iowan farmers who planted yet a third time. The wet soil coupled with weather since the floods has been nearly ideal for growing corn. Freshly shucked, the corn is sweet and hearty.

Arch enemy

Wall Arch in Arches National Park has collapsed.

Another installment of me when I was a kid

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