True Blood spoilers (2.08)

I love the fact that ( spoilers inside )

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I had a very children-intensive trip. In addition to my own sweet little boy, who was the main reason for my visit to the US, I socialized with numerous wee ones in Boston, NYC, Berlin, and Norway (in Berlin I somehow kept ending up babysitting various children--five in total during my six days there!)

Sadly, a few remained unphotographed, but here are many of the junior mints:

First of all, my baby boy



with his cousin Zamara


here she is again:




and in the arms of Ms. Palindrome




By the way, these kids at the playground near Ms. Palindrome's house totally adopted Fionn--a seven-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy--leading him around by the hand, swinging him, making sure the slide he wanted to go down wasn't too hot.





They also told me that Fionn needs a sister; when I inquired what said hypotherical sister's name ought to be, the boy was in favor of "Becky" and the girl firmly endorsed "Princess." They compromised on "Princess Becky."

( many many more children, all unrelated to me! some of them related to some of you! )

That is all. Non-child-themed photos from the trip to follow.

clearly not a member of the Reality-Based Community...

I am out of the loop on The Daily Show, but has Jon Steward tackled the IBD Editorial Stephen Hawking Epic Fail?

(I love the Editor's correction you will find at the top of the second link: Editor's Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK.)