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Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

Eye Bra Looks Silly Cool

I have a similar mask I wear for that occasional weekend nap - or when I end up on the couch if my snoring gets too loud. But this one looks like a weird super-hero mask - and training bra all put together. Still, looks like a good idea.

Lights Out Sleep Mask

Build A Little Birdhouse In Your Soul

I've gotten this song stuck in my head. What first sounds like catchy nonsense from They Might Be Giants quickly resolves into some deeper nonsense.

Where does a song like this come from? Maybe a claim like, "I could write a song about anything!" And a challenge, "OK, what about that nightlite?"

How did I come across it? I've always enjoyed the Giants and had heard it before, but a snippet of it in the new show "Pushing Daisies" brought it back to mind and firmly planted it there.

I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note* spelled l-i-t-e

My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest


Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

And the Winner Is . . .

Watched the Academy Awards last night.  Of the five Best Picture nominees, I'd seen two - and very recently.  No Country For Old Men last week and Michael Clayton the night before the awards.  Both are excellent films with terrific performances.

For the most part, I do not enjoy award ceremonies.  I find the production numbers tedious.  Most of the banter is lame.

But Jon Stewart did have one good line.  When discussing the nominees, he mentioned Norbit and said "Too often the Academy ignores movies that aren't good."