It's not quite a three dog night, but it is a two dogger, as my Dad's pooch Sparky is over for a bit of dog-sitting, the first time this has happened since Hudson the wonder dog came into our lives. We were a little concerned that the 55 LB puppy was going to wear her 30 LB, 11 year-old uncle to death, but it's all been fairly pleasant, though walking the two of them was not as easy as, say, herding cats.

Link of the Day: Leader of the Free World. Flash required. Thanks Conchango.
Play Time: Ant City. Flash required. Thanks EvilToast (not Ant?!).
Weird Science: Laser Carrots (from 101 things you never knew about carrots). Thanks EvilToast.
Wild Science: Stem cells face xenotransplantation glitch (NewScientist). "Most, if not all, of the embryonic stem cell lines available to publicly-funded researchers in the US have been mixed with mouse cells." Thanks [MP] Wolverine [MP].