So by now you’ve heard of the mosque planned for two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center in New York – you know, the one Sarah …

I just saw online that the United States and Canadian dollars are virtually equal right now:

1 US dollar = 1.0167 Canadian dollars

Weird.

In case you haven’t seen this yet: “Inception Ripped-Off Scrooge McDuck & The Beagle Boys!”
The work in question is a from Uncle Scrooge #329 by Don Rosa titled “Uncle Scrooge …

Interesting AP story about the last roll of Kodak Kodachrome film: “De Niro, Brooklyn, India on last Kodachrome roll.”
Steve McCurry, the photographer who took the picture of the Afghani woman …

Tim Wakefield, my favorite Red Sox pitcher, just met the Looney Tunes!
Check out this article from the Boston Globe: “Wakefield, Looney Tunes helping out kids.”

Sweet.

What’s the top selling beer in the world?
If you said Bud Light, you would have been right, two years ago.
But not today. Today it’s Snow beer (who?) from China …

Did you see the story earlier this week about how BP has faked photos of their command center? It’s been all over the blogs as well as some articles …

This is interesting, apparently up until last week the Indian Rupee didn’t have its own unique symbol – you know, like the “$” for dollar, ”£” for the pound sterling …

It’s my brother’s birthday today. Happy birthday, Dan!

With the Red Sox on an almost two week trip to the West Coast this week Fenway Park, Boston’s nonagenarian baseball stadium, is hosting an exhibition soccer game tomorrow – …

The 13th annual Maine International Film Festival ended yesterday, we managed to get up to Waterville on two different days to check out five films.
Apparently they play fast and loose …

I’m actually glad I didn’t buy an iPhone 4.0.
And I’m not even being facetious.
Did you see how “Apple Offers Free Cases to Address iPhone Issue” and that Apple even admitted …

Today’s the 50th anniversary of an oil spill in North Waterford, Maine.
I never really though about it, but the Portland–Montreal Pipe Line runs through town on its way …

On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
After 55 years, I think it’s safe to say to truly is a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.

I don’t give a hoot about golf (much to the chagrin of my in-laws, no doubt) but I did see a clip of 21-year-old Irish phenomenon Rory McIlroy, who …

At this All-Star Break the Boston Red Sox have the fourth best winning percentage in all of Major League Baseball – yet they’re still only in third place in the …

I’ve never heard of this Helium (the publication, not the noble gas) but the headline is quite striking: “How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event.”
Key quote:
The bottom …

This is the kind of shit that drove me batty about Dubai; check out this article from the Gulf News: “Pollution, diet blamed for male infertility in UAE.”
So you’d think …

You probably saw late last week Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele called the country’s conflict in Afghanistan “a war of Obama’s choosing.” Here’s the New York Times piece: …

Ah yes, the old “when in doubt, sell out to the Gulf’ move.
Right on.
Check out this morning’s Wall Street Journal: “BP Eyes Stake Sale to Abu Dhabi.”