This is probably one of the most ridiculous pictures I've ever seen...and what makes it even funnier is that it's not altered or anything.



Here's the story behind it from the AP:

"Pope John Paul II looks at a white dove released by children from the window of his private apartments at the end of the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, January 30, 2005. The Pope delivered a message of peace on Sunday, flanked by two children who released two doves which initially seemed reluctant to fly off his balcony."

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Johnny Carson has died. The world is a bit more empty. Now I'll be watching all the retrospectives on his life on NBC and MSNBC tonight.

Here's how it's looking here right about now:

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Depending on how much more we get, I might post some more later.

Okay, I seriously don't understand what's been going on with the weather here lately. Yesterday, it was snowing and sleeting. Tomorrow, we're supposed to have temperatures in the 60s. Of course, knowing the way the heating system in this building works, my office will be in the 80s tomorrow. I'm half tempted to wear shorts tomorrow.

This is getting ridiculous.

You see, there's a service elevator right outside our office door here at work. This elevator has been broken pretty much since I started working here over five years ago. And now, they're finally fixing it. The problem? Lots and lots of noise outside my office, accompanied by a good amount of machinery-type odor as well. Right now there's some kind of machine running outside my window and I can actually feel my head vibrating along with it. Not fun.

I think I shall bring my headphones with me to work tomorrow. It has to help a little, I suppose. And if the phone rings, hopefully I'll see the lights for 'Line 1' or 'Line 2' light up in my periphery. If not...oh well.

At least I have my new Thermos full of coffee to keep my head from exploding today.

I had the most bizarre dream last night. Apparently Santa Claus was discovered to be an international terrorist, dropping WMDs from his sleigh. And he also had recruited an army of Smurfs to invade the countries of the world. And only myself and three friends knew what was going on. When I woke up, we were hiding in an old abandoned shack while the Smurfs, armed to the teeth, began their invasion.

No, I have absolutely no idea where the fuck this one came from.

This list is a bit of inspired genius. And it's all so very, very true. Credit to Jeni for highlighting this gem of alcoholic wisdom.

Happy 2005. Now it's just a matter of time before Unicron eats us all.