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According to CNN, he was given last rites last night, as he is terribly ill. This is by no means a definite end, but we have to face that he hasn't long. In that vein, I am clearly worried that a nasty fight will ensue to choose the next Pope. As pontiffs go, this one could have been a lot worse. Some of the current choices for successor certainly worry me. I'm not Catholic, but a decision of this magnitude can affect social policy for millions of people for decades to come, which will indirectly affect me. I hope it is weighed in that weighty light, and not in a reactionary way. We'll see.

I found this site, Peerflix, today. It's an interesting idea, I think. Sort of Netflix without the warehousing capabilities. Or a combo of Netflix and eBay. I was amused to see in their FAQ that "Peerflix is growing at an alarming rate." Why 'alarming'??

It's an interesting idea, as I say. I like the pay-as-you-go component. I wonder if they'll keep that up.

Now this is how to celebrate Bunny Day. Giant Chocolate Easter Eggs! Those crazy Belgians.

Clean, funny, bunny Flash.

Thanks, tr!

A tad more Peep madness:

Amy K. found the Passion of the Peeps.

Last Peeps of the day. I swear. Probably.

Lord of the Peeps! (takeoff on LOTR, not the Michael Flately dancey thing)

PEEPS! You know, those little marshmallow chicky things. I find them foul to the taste, but it turns out you can have loads of fun with them. Some suggestions:

A Peeps topiary. (Thanks, Alison)

There's been a fair bit of research done on what makes Peeps, well, peep. Including the effects of smoking and alcohol on your average Peep.

They've had miraculous surgery performed on them.

They've even gone to the Library!

Just for fun: Luc: Monkey in America.

Click the boxes in the top left of the screen to make him spin, laugh, jump, sleep and more.

Although the descriptions are badly written, there are some fun links at this site of the Top 100 Greatest TV Themes from Retrocrush.

Tears of joy are literally streaming down my face after reading this young woman's Roomba Tales. "Poor J. Alfred, Roombarding my apartment with its whirry, indiscriminate love."

Thanks to Amy K. for the diversion.

Fantastic time wasting site: SSI Shredding Demonstrations. Check out how it shreds a washing machine!

Akeisha, queen of links, sent this to me.

What "Happy Bunny" phrase are you? you suck and that's sad You are a very compassionate and sympathetic person. You use your divine sense of humor to cheer up a situation.

Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

Thanks to Stephanie on the LU list for pointing me to this site: http://freshsqueeze.com/download.fss?get=RecentTunes. Read the whole scroll.

No reason. Just cuz baby animals are cute. So sue me.

From National Geographic: Baby Rhino Nuzzles Elephant Toy. (feel free to go "Awww")

From Snopes: Hippo and Tortoise Befriend Each Other Post-Tsunami.

Thanks to Tracey, who seems to have a psychic link to the cute animal photos

http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html Freakishly accurate!

Thanks, Ang!

UPDATE: Was just going through the FAQ, and found this: "Q: How does this work?
A: Monkeys. Lots and lots of monkeys." Well, that explains everything!