The circumcision ceremony sounds particularly appealing! The Republic of Null Island is one of the smallest and least-visited nations on Earth. Situated where the Prime Meridian crosses the Equator, Null Island sits 1600 kilometres off the western coast of Africa.

There’s just something about homeless guy in a “Carpe Diem” sweatshirt.

Started Christmas shopping for my kids today. Is it just me or are the toys now infinitely cooler than the stuff in the old Sears catalog? Fortunately I get to play with them all again now. Win!

Last night I dreamed I encountered Johnny Depp, and he was doing the Hollywood thing, not giving anyone the time of day. Instead he was reading Norma Khouri’s “Forbidden Love” — in Arabic. So I said: “You’re reading that, TOO?” He didn’t even look up.

If this holds up, I’m gonna be owed bank. A Chinese woman is suing a cinema and a film’s distributors for wasting her time by showing 20 minutes of adverts before it started, according to state media. Chen Xiaomei claims the Polybona International Cinema in the northern city of Xian and film distributors Huayi Brothers…

For some reason I feel especially young this year…

Spotted in Glen Park right outside my window… can anyone ID what kind of bird this is? A hawk of some kind from the looks of it.

Thought I’d spend a few minutes adding a plug-in to Drinkhacker. 2 1/2 hours later, it’s added… and the whole site is redesigned. Jesus!

Did you know?* > Wolverine died. > Cars are faster than bikes. > If a car hit us: No car. > I can do a handstand on a chair. > Justin Bieber is a teenager. *Facts courtesy of my four-year-old son as related during a single 15-minute car ride.

Never before has one man (me) said so little about so much. On Garner Road interview

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My first post at Yahoo! News is now up for your reading pleasure: Google shuts off service in China: What does it mean for us? Find my daily musings in the blogroll here (still filed under “The Working Guy“).

Want to make a hit movie? Here’s what your main character ought to do for a living… at least per 2010’s 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees*. * Presumes The Blind Side is actually about Michael Oher and not Leigh Anne Tuohy. If you disagree, adjust chart accordingly. For kicks, adding in the occupation of the…

I wonder if the critic got any of the $400,000? That’s like $1000 a word… nice! Last month, Variety panned a thriller called Iron Cross. But the review has been disappeared from Variety‘s web site, which probably has something to do with the $400,000 Iron Cross‘ producers paid to Variety for an awards campaign.

Scene: Kids watching TV in the morning via Tivo. Commercial comes on. Me: “Fast-forward it.” Child: “I wanna see this!” Me: “It’s a commercial!” Child: “But it’s cereal!” Exeunt.