Some upstate New Yorkers believe they’re seeing the face of Jesus Christ in the bark of a silver maple tree outside a clothing factory. I didn’t see anything in the photo but a tree. I guess you had to be there.

Tonight, at 2:00 a.m., the government will be refunding the hour it took from you in April. Your hour has been kept safely in the Strategic Daylight and Helium Reserve, along with everyone else’s. It hasn’t earned any interest, but at least you’re getting the whole hour back. That’s something.

Have a look. I think the title is accurate. Gabe Kaplan? My word, what were they thinking?

A day of the daytime star.
The clouds are compelled to commence fleeing, and are filled with dread.
I have a destination;
and there, because of the atmosphere, I am pleased.
Describe to me immediately
how to go to Sesame Street.

That’s right, it’s the Sesame Street theme song, translated into Klingon, then translated back into English.

Police Looking for Missing Billboard Cow

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A full-size fiberglass cow was swiped from a Chick-fil-A billboard overlooking an interstate in eastern Virginia.

“It’s kind of funny,” said Mark Baldwin, a spokesman for Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A Inc. “But it’s still a crime.”

Matthew Gilbert Gleeson was born unto us on October 8, 2004. He was our fourth child, but the first time we got to live-blog the birth! And then later, Phoebe and I both got to blog our own records of that joyous day.

For some adorable newborn pics, see here, here, and here.

We’re giving him a little party today. We’ll blog about that too.