The wall is seen right above the lower greenlit doors. It's only about 1 story high, which is why it seemed strange to build within the wall.

Seth - good catch! Serves me right trying to do math after having a baby. Somehow I multiplied 6X365 and came up with 20B. Oops.

Josh - almost all of Alberta's "oil" is tar sands. Based on today's technology, it's not terribly feasible to extract and is not considered "proven reserves".

What a great plan for world peace!

1) Fly everyone to China
2) Put man-eating wild panda in every person's lap
3) Wait until all people are eaten
4) Voila! World peace!

Kivrin good call ... for comparison sake:

Chupacabra:
http://users.cihost.com/ata/zoo/chup.jpg

Xoloitzcuintle:
http://www.welpen.de/zuechter/meyer-wolfram/004.jpg

Made me hungry for chocolate. ;)

Seems like it would take up a heck of a lot more room than the non-snap version.

Something must be wrong with me ... I giggled the whole way through.

If that's not photoshopped, he's one strong kid!

$499 for a bulletproof crib seemed like a great deal ... too bad it, and every other item, were out of stock ;)

I think he and GWB should settle their differences via a wrestling match. Much more productive than all this ridiculous "diplomacy" stuff.

Now I'm truly glad I posted this ... had I not, I probably would have never been shown the following Google Ad:

try bikini waxing monkeys
hair applicants welcome, show us what you got.

Are monkeys cheaper than salon workers for wax jobs? I imagine there's some trade-off between comfort and cost in this situation. Ouch.

I can't even imagine giving birth to a 1 lb baby. My son was just born last Friday, and he seemed incredibly small and fragile at 6 lbs!

(BTW - all of us are doing well, and actually getting some sleep)

BTW - my understanding is that "unicorn" was probably a type of single-horned ox or even boar. There's nothing magical in the references to Unicorns, it's just a case of the limited ancient hebrew language having multiple meanings/translations.

The only reason people have problems with the museum is that the ideas are starting to be pushed in schools as "science". Without such a push, I think people might be laughing, but they wouldn't be so critical.