Freedom Fries?
The fact that two Republican Congressmen have wasted taxpayer dollars officially changing the name of French fries and French toast in the House cafeteria to freedom fries and freedom toast has finally knocked the scales from my eyes regarding the whole anti-French thing going on right now. At first I thought it was amusing, but the more seriously people take it, the more malevolent it seems. Our government is currently at a serious impasse with the French government. What does this have to do with French fries? (Especially considering they aren't actually from France!) Isn't this broad brush tarring of an entire culture the exact same thing that we wish Europe WAS NOT doing to us? I'm motivated to pick up my old textbook and start learning French again and cooking with lots of butter and shallots, just to thumb my nose at this silliness.

Reality TV Meets God Meets the Web?
The BBC tells us: "While those in the Big Brother house had just a few chickens to keep alive and coax into laying eggs, the Divine Dozen selected for a new internet reality contest will have to care for two of every animal under the sun. The Ark - setting virtual sail on Easter Sunday - is billed as 40 days and 40 nights of games, challenges, topical discussions and arguments about mucking out the gorillas: "Theology meets showbiz meets cowpats - and there are no lifeboats"
The Ark