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Photo: December's first full moon, as seen from Phoenix. Credit: Rob Schumacher / Associated Press

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What Time is Midnight Mass?

Pope breaks with tradition, moves Midnight Mass to 10 p.m.

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Christmas mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Max Rossi

"Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night..."

Air Force One, with U.S. President Barack Obama aboard, arrives in the snow at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Saturday 12/19/09. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

Hundreds Protest Global Warming

GM replaces Chevy brand manager after 5 months

Brent Dewar - Stephen J. Carrera / AP

GM said in a statement Wednesday that James Campbell will now lead the company's largest and most important brand. Campbell replaces Brent Dewar, who will retire April 1 to spend more time with family and pursue personal interests. (That's original. The family must have said: "Brent, you're making way too much money in that job. We'd rather have you home tinkering around in the garage.")

The Most Overserved Airline Route in the World

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Washington Loses On A Field Goal

Not the one New Orleans made, but the one they missed.

Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post

Shaun Suisham has this field goal attempt go wide right from 23 yards out. If converted, the Redskins could have had a 10-point lead with under two minutes left in regulation.

Q: What's the difference between a golf ball and a car?

A: Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 400 yards.

Q: What does Tiger Woods and a baby seal have in common?

A: They are both clubbed by Norwegians

Q: Did you know that Tiger Woods owns a lot of expensive cars...

A: It's true, and now he has a hole in one

Q: It is reported he crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree...

A: Because he couldn't decide between an iron and a wood.

Q: What club did Elin use to 'rescue' her husband?

A: A bitchin' wedge.

Will the Redskins win an NFC East game this season?

Redskins can't stop Eagles' late drive, fall to 3-8

How Pumpkin Pie Is Made...

It was my favorite pie.

I've Got My Christmas Card Photo.

Sarah Palin and her daughters Willow, right, and Piper, left, pose with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, during the taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago. The show aired on Monday. (George Burns/Harpo Productions Inc./Associated Press)

Come On Guys, Let's Get Rid of "That" Nickname...Please!

Supreme Court refuses to hear Redskins' naming case.

Washington 27, Denver 17

Photo: Toni L. Sandys/Post

Team scores its highest point total of the season.

Sesame Street Turns 40!

What scares me about this, is the fact that I was too old to watch it even back then.

Richard Termine / Sesame Workshop

Continuing her promotion of eating healthy, first lady Michelle Obama visits "Sesame Street," where she plants vegetable seeds with Elmo, Big Bird and several young gardeners.

It's Daylight Saving Time - There's No "S."

Daylight saving time in most of the United States ends at 2 a.m., local time, on Sunday, November 1.

N331UA - The Last United Airlines 737

United Retires The 737 (Trip Report)

They Used To Be Called "Walking Tours."

Segway personal transporters have yet to become affordable enough for most individuals, but for police forces and companies with large warehouses, they offer a zippy way to get around. Tour operators in cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago and Minneapolis also offer Segway rides as a fun and less strenuous alternative to walking tours.
Slide show text by Sonja Groset, Bing Travel; photo editing by Connie Ricca.
This group should be walking however, because they are in about as good a shape as I am.

I Have Commissioned A Different Artist for My Portrait

A selection of memorabilia is displayed at 'Michael Jackson: The Official Exhibition' held at the 02 Arena. (Getty Images)

Random Thoughts...

Now the MNF is over; here's how the teams I root for did this past weekend:

The Good

Seattle Seahawks – Didn’t lose/Didn’t Play

The Bad

Washington Huskies – Lost
(Gave up 43 points)

Washington State Cougars – Lost
(Gave up 49 points)

The Ugly

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – Lost
(Isn’t there a musical called “Damn Yankees?”)

Washington Redskins – Lost
(They never win ((on national TV)))

Seattle Pug Rescue Pug-O-Ween

Amani, a pug dressed as Michael Jackson, is held by owner Sean Jones after winning the costume contest at the 2nd annual Pug-O-Ween put on by Seattle Pug Rescue at the Bitter Lake Community Center Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25, 2009 in Seattle, Washington.

CLIFF DESPEAUX / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Relax; It's a Football, You Know...Soccer, Movie

"Souperman" Dead at 83

AP File Photo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1Aq8KaAjo

News You Missed While Following "Balloon Boy."

Man pleads guilty to DWI in La-Z-Boy

Berlin brothel cuts rates for ‘green’ customers

New tool to fight syphilis? Wal-Mart gift cards

School bus drops off girl near a bear

The gas mask bra

Man blames cat for child pornography found on his computer

Just Like All Couples...

You really think this tie goes with that suit?

Hot Dog!

Wienermobile Crashes Into Wisconsin Home

"Location, Location, Location"

- Buzz Aldrin on why the picture of him on the Moon is so iconic.
As the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing approaches, Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, has been on the publicity trail, promoting his new book Magnificent Desolation.

OMG! I Was Alive Then...

On this day in 1955, Disneyland, created by Walt Disney, opened in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park in the world.

Headline of the Week...So Far.

Heidi Montag Explains Why Good Christians Pose Nude for Playboy

What Single Women Can Learn From Michelle Obama

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It's The First Friday in June, So It Must Be...

If It Takes This Long To Build One...

Why Is It Always Two "Black Men?"

The Susan Smith Award Goes To...

Pa. mom faces false report, ID theft charges
Woman who called 911 to report abduction, child found at Disney World


Sweeten called from downtown Philadelphia to say she was in a car trunk after two black men carjacked and abducted them about 20 miles away near her Bucks County home.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30958029

O Captain! My Captain!

I first saw Captain Edward John Smith, the Captain of the Titanic, http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/edward-john-smith.html on Friday, having lunch at Ruby’s Diner in Redmond Town Center. So I followed him back to his ship where he began to tell me about a Mr. Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche, the only black man on the Ill fated voyage. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/joseph-laroche.html. I asked him to pose for this picture. He didn’t smile, so neither did I. This is serious business.

That's OK, I'm Not Upset...

Winner of "The Best Job in the World" competition Ben Southall (3th L) of Britain is congratulated by other contestants after Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh announced his name on Hamilton Island, about 950 km (590 miles) north of Brisbane.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

"Briton Wins "World's Best Job"

A British charity worker has won the "Best Job in the World" as a caretaker of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Fundraiser Ben Southall beat 35,000 people from almost 200 countries to get a 111,000- U.S. dollar- six-month contract.
The 34-year-old will spend half a year swimming, snorkelling and sailing around the tourist paradise. He'll just have to write a blog about his experiences to promote the area.
The contest by Tourism Queensland is part of an Australian tourism campaign to advertise the charms of northeastern Queensland. Officials say it's already generated millions of dollars' worth of publicity for the region.

Is There a Food Taster On Staff?

U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden order lunch at Ray’s Hell Burger May 5, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. (What...Both the President & the Vice President eating at the same fast food joint? Is that legal?)

Where Will You Be on Seis de Mayo?

Motivational Poster

Don't Kill That Pig Unless It Coughs...

WHO to stop using term ‘swine flu.'
Group seeks to prevent needless slaughter of pigs as worldwide cases climb.






WHO spokesman Dick Thompson (not Roger Daltrey?) says the name change comes after the agriculture industry and the U.N. food agency expressed concerns that the term "swine flu" was misleading consumers and needlessly causing countries to order the slaughter of pigs. He told reporters in Geneva "we're going to stick with the technical scientific name H1N1 influenza A."

How Swine Flu Spreads

Jobs I Have Applied For - #1 - Cookie Inspector

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"Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg" - the corrected spelling for the place with the longest name in the US. For years, signs pointing to the lake in Webster, Massachusetts, have carried a misplaced "o" at letter 20 where a "u" should be, and an "h" at letter 38 which should be an "n" - but all 17 "g" were present and correct. Now the local newspaper has unearthed the correct spelling, and the signs are to be changed.

A person dressed as a Polar Bear sits in the audience during a public meeting on offshore drilling April 16, 2009 in San Francisco, California. U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar held a regional meeting to hear arguments from politicians and members of the public about oil drilling off of the coast of California. (Credits Getty Images)

Somali Pirates Tow Guy With Stalled Jet Ski

News From "The Onion"

02.18.09 Issue 45•08

Chillin'

Without the Possibility of the Possibility of Parole.

At left, a bald and thickly bearded Charles Manson is revealed in a photo taken Wednesday 3/18/09, by California corrections officials. At right, he is shown in April 1968.

Good Christian Girls...

No makeup, no glittery tank tops, but hey...we got legs.













Members of the Texas Christian Horned Frogs cheerleaders perform against the Utah Utes during a quarterfinal game of the Mountain West tournament on March 12, 2009. (Horned Frogs?)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Publishes Last Edition

Fertig Gebraten, Mit Curry Dip...

Gag me with a spoon.














A company in German has just introduced a line of snacks called "Obama Fingers": frozen chicken fingers with curry dip.

Let The Games Begin...

Mariners opening day tickets sell out in 55 minutes.

Every Day Is Saturday When You’re Retired...