We had a fine old time celebrating our niece's first birthday yesterday. The neat thing about being one is that nobody is too disturbed when you wear your birthday suit to your birthday. This also worked out in her favor when the cake was served, since she decided to smear as much of it on her body as she managed to get into her mouth. Quite a cute sight, made all the more enjoyable by the fact that somebody else had to clean her up. The joys of parenthood.

Play Time:	Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? Thanks Sharon.
Links of the Day:	Monkey Shakespeare Simulator. Soda Unused Cork.
Stories of the Day:	A Wild Card, and It Isn't Schwarzenegger (registration required). Prepare to hang your chads in shame again. US admits it used napalm bombs in Iraq. Thanks Devicer. Black church's offer of money draws 10 whites. Thanks Devicer.
Wild Science:	Laser lights renders radioactive waste safe. Thanks tboy58. I wonder it would work on Haggis too? Protecting your brain from Alzheimer's.
Weird Science:	Monkey shortage hampers research, scientists say. Thanks Jim Chaney. Scientists Warn That Visitors Are Loving Titanic to Death (registration required). A precious unnatural resource dwindles.
Media of the Day:	ASCII Movies. Thanks Sharon.
Auction of the Day:	Rare ultra-lightweight supra cycle for sale. Thanks Quboid.
Follow-ups:	The 'Do Not Call' Racket. Thanks larry. G.I. Joe prototype finds new home.
	Thanks Mike Martinez.