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Ah, Easter. That means it’s peep season and with all that sugar comes wonderful silliness. Thus the Washington Post has announced the winners of this year’s Peeps Show II – a Peeps diorama contest.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster id on the Cumberland County Courthouse Lawn in Crossville, Tennessee – how cool is that?

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a pile of noodles and meatballs, but it is meant to open up discussion and provoke thought. Being able to put up a statue is a celebration of our freedom as Americans; a freedom to be different, to express those differences, and to do it amongst neighbors — even if it is in a noodley way.

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Reuters has put together an interesting look at the Iraq war. You know, the one President Bush calls romantic. Take a look.

• Boys survive being tossed from overpass – can you imagine the nightmares those kids will have?
• Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years – I’m having a hard time deciding which part of this is most disturbing: her toilet vigil or the fact it took the boyfriend 2 years to call anyone

I’m a little slow, I just discovered SlideFlickr – a fun tool that lets you embed slide shows of flickr photos. So, here’s a show of the pictures in “My Favorites” set:

How cool is this?

A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans, and remains of Renaissance palaces are among the finds unveiled Friday by archaeologists digging up Rome in preparation for a new subway line. Archaeologists have been probing the depths of the Eternal City at 38 digs, many of which are near famous monuments or on key thoroughfares.

Wonder why those Texas caucus results are being reported so slowly? Turns out they don’t have to report them. Any reporting is “voluntary.”

From the NYTimes:

The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.

I forgot to mention the boxes they also wanted you to fill out/check on the caucus sheet:

• Persons with Disabilities
• LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered)
• 35 & Under (Y) Yes, (N) No
• Sex (F) Female, (M) Male
• Ethnicity (AA) African American, (H) Hispanic, (W) White, (AS) Asian, (NA) Native American

For those of you who live in caucus states and take part in them – are they usually cluster-fucks? Or is it just that Texans are stupid and unorganized? HOLY CRAP! This is how we elect someone? People standing around in a room going, “what are we supposed to do. Do you know?” And the “organizers” saying, “we only have one sign in sheet. Anyone have the keys to the school’s office so that we can make copies?” I went in there wanting to stay for the whole caucus and maybe try and be a delegate to the county convention, but I couldn’t take it. Unorganized hot messes with crying babies just piss me off. Granted, they said the last time they had a caucus, 3 people showed up, but this has been all over the news and they had to have known they would have a big crowd.