I really… really really really… do not like the term “Viral Videos”.

Why? I don’t know… A … A is for the abom…oops, sorry, force of habit.

Anyway, I bring up Viral Videos because one I just came across which I’m sure is circling the planet as we speak is Alanis Morissette singing Fergie’s “My Humps”.

In the immortal words of Dr. Evil, frickin’ hilarious.

Enjoy.

I get a funny feeling in mine. But that is neither here nor there.

This is kind of an interesting read.

I’m not sure that I’d want to hold up South Park as an example of how people should be. But by the same token there’s just so much extremism in the world these days, and it’s good to be able to say hey, maybe people in general shouldn’t get so worked up.

I’m not sure that I have a cogent point here. I’m too tired for it. The snow is throwing me off, man. But there’s something going on when the phrase A crude cartoon can show up our moral cowardice rings so plausible.

No, that isn’t the title of Pink Floyd’s new album. It came to my mind after reading this article.

The Reader’s Digest version is that a couple in Sweden is trying to name their baby girl “Metallica”. What stuck me about this article is that they are “trying” to name their baby. In America you can name your kid (or yourself) whatever you’d like. I met one guy who had changed his name legally to Cadillac. That’s it. There is Prince who changed his name to an unpronouncable glyph. Several people have named their children ESPN, and the Hawkins family named one of their sons LaTroy.

But in Sweden the local tax authority, something akin to our social security office, has rejected the name “Metallica” for the little girl. I can see people thinking that is for the best, I mean really, what little girl could possibly embody “Metallica”? But I was quite shocked that in a progressive country like Sweden the government has the ability to reject names for children. Am I alone on this?

so i took the kids to the zoo on saturday morning. i like to do this from time to time– i get to spend some “alone” time with sophie and max, give sara a little relief, and i’m *incredibly* entertained by the shark reef at discovery bay.

anyway. as we’re walking in on saturday morning, i see a big banner for the new farm babies exhibit at the zoo. it’s a baby pig– a piglet, if you will. you can picture it: pink. snout. floppy ears. adorable.

a logo appears at the bottom of the poster. the logo belongs to the primary corporate sponsor. that corporate sponor?

yup.

i know hormel, mr. piglet. i know what they do to you when you grow up. this isn’t going to end well for you.