You may have seen this before (it’s dated 2000), but I hadn’t. It’s The Singing Cow.

(Hat tip to Miss Cellania.)

North Korea sentenced 21 cheerleaders to prison for the crime of talking about what they saw in South Korea.

(By the way, Pamela of “Atlas Shrugs” is miffed at the newspaper’s description of the cheerleaders as “errant,” seeing it as an example of bias. But the first meaning of errant is “roving” or “traveling,” and these cheerleaders did travel to South Korea. I’ll assume that’s the sense of the headline.)

If you weren’t at the American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 13, you missed the unveiling of “Artoo Potatoo,” the latest in Hasbro’s line of Star-Wars-themed Mr. Potato Head characters. (Behind R2 are the previously released “Spud Trooper” and “Darth Tater.”)

Last night we had dinner at our friends Ben and Rebecca’s house. Rebecca made the most amazingly delicious chicken dinner I have ever eaten, and I am posting the recipe right here! Keep reading…
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At the Gleeson house, every February 15 is “Faustine’s Day.” Just as Valentine’s Day is named for the Feast of Saint Valentinus, we named Faustine’s Day after the Feast of Saint Faustinus, a Second-Century Christian martyr.

Confectioneries typically celebrate Faustine’s Day by marking all of their heart-shaped boxes of chocolates down to half-price, or less. Today, Phoebe got a Russell Stover dark chocolate assortment, and those Ferrero Rocher hazelnut thingies, along with a Faustine’s Day card. This year’s card reads:

On this feast day of Faustinus,
Whom Hadrian beheaded,
I extol the love between us,
Me and you, to whom I’m wedded.
Happy Faustine’s Day!

It’s not Shakespeare, but Faustine’s Day cards are difficult to find, for some reason, so I generally have to write them myself. And you must admit there are worse ways to rhyme “Faustinus” than the one I wrote.

In this video, Mr. George Gongora, of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, demonstrates the effect of 0.28-gauge birdshot from a range of 90 feet on a human silhouette target.