Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

In his ongoing chronicle of official state everything, Kevin Underhill informs us that New Jersey is considering designating an official state microbe.

If they do, this would be the second official state microbe; I imagine someone in New Jersey thinking "Is brewer's yeast the best you can do, Oregon? We invented streptomycin."

Social dancing is a form of courtship, and courtship is about two people getting together for the purpose of making pies. —Jon Carroll

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The BBC warns us that FBI tries to fight zombie hordes. The FBI says the zombies are "a growing threat to national security".

Would you buy anything from "Libeled F. Amortizing"? Or "Scoutmaster V. Colitis"?

I suppose "Proceeding O. Bouillabaise" is less suspicious, though that's either a recipe or a fake-Irish computer named by someone who doesn't know Irish, French, or cookery: Proceeding O'Bouillabaise to the rescue!

Beware the Dread Pirate Zarqawi!

(I'm not sure how this got posted to anonymousclaire first.)