Find the Brownie! The objective of this blog is to find an important government job occupied by a person with no apparent qualifications other than strong personal, political, or business ties to a member of the administration. You'll do a heck of a job.via

NaNoWriMoDoPo It's that time of the year again. I'm not going to sign up, since giving up after 120 words last year was a little embarrassing. more inside

Cool and poignant video ... that makes you think about memories, aloneness, rooming houses, friends, happiness and...running! Oh yeah, and photos. Lots of photos. The music is called "Breathe Me" by Sia. (requires Quicktime) 4 mins.

Not surprisingly, non-English speakers don't pronounce "@" as "At." What is surprising is that many of them agree that it looks like a monkey. The Albanians call it "the monkey sign," the Germans call it "the clinging monkey," and the Swedish call it "an ape's tail." It's not all siman-related, though; the author relates a conversation with an Israeli who gave his e-mail address as "Winkie M, Strudel, Yahoo dot com"...

Miers for SCOTUS? Dubya has nominated Harriet Miers to fill the other vacant supreme court seat. Very little is known about her politics, but all sides agree: She's never been a judge. more inside

More for the Monet Joan's Monets: 'Every Christmas my Aunt Joan gives me a Monet calendar. After a couple years the same old paintings become dull. So she started enhancing the master's works...' Via plep more inside

The Gitmo Cookbook (ugh)