the shrewdness of apes

1. the top story in the country revolves around the exposed breast of a 37 year old woman. Diane Keaton received accolades for exposing her breasts in a PG-13 movie, but a 1 second flash on network TV results in a tide of puritanism that seems to be driven purely by the shock and suddenness of the event and not by the fact that anyone really cared or was offended by it.

2. the bush administration now wants everyone think that they could read saddam hussein's mind, and that he had the intent to attack the US....some day. therefore our actions were justified, depsite the lack of support we had, and despite the fact that we're now looking for the UN to bail our asses out in setting up the new government.

3. Duke is #1 in men's college basketball and #2 in women's hoops (tho my boys at Utah St. are 17-1 and sitting at #24. go Aggies!).

4. Fox's new reality show - essentially "the bachelor" with little people - is being called a "celebration of diversity." ok, so it's the producer saying that but still.

5. a zoo in binghamton, ny is suggesting giving cockroaches as valentine's day gifts. a ridiculous gift for a ridiculous holiday.

6. ricin is confirmed to have been sent to the senate office building.

7. bobby knight in hot water again after yet another argument, this time with the school chancellor. actually t.s.o.a. has been in a bad mood ever since we found out that this prick was getting another job after running himself out of indiana.

8. the new federal budget calls for a 26% increase in defense and security spending, and virtually no increase in domestic spending. and if you thought the deficit was big already, peep this: the budget doesn't include any spending for the ongoing battles in Iraq or Afghanistan, so it's actually much bigger. meanwhile, average folks (like me) aren't seeing any extra $$$ in their paychecks.

9. it's raining. hard. someone else paid for my lunch, and tipped the wet delivery guy less than $1 (on a $16 total). unbelievable.

10. drew henson is leaving the yankees to play football. oh wait, that one makes me smile.

*UPDATE* (5:10pm)

11. just called home to find out that the rain has succeeded in partially flooding one of our closets. no major damage, but that's pretty much the lemon juice in the paper cut at this point.