Worldwide Pants

Did you see that Internet video where a python swallowed an alligator? (Warning: Ick!) http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/alligator-vs-python/px6l0lq Reminds me of the BSkyB – Murdoch deal.

Malaysian police released 1,697 people detained at a gathering to demand fair elections. Seems they ran out of those cool orange uniforms.

There’s a rumor floating that former Chinese president Jiang Zemin has died. Paging Saturday Night Live (see Wikipedia: Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead) Fun fact: Jiang liked to pull his pants all the way up to his chest. Might death have been caused by that Milhouse-killer, a calamitous wedgie?

Congratulations to Derek Jeter on hitting number 3,000. He told the YES Network, “Hitting a home run is the last thing I ever thought about.” Yeah; the last thing, the first thing and everything in between.

Here’s some not-really-news: it costs more to raise a child now than it did 50 years ago. And that doesn’t include the cost of eating out a parent’s kishkes.

Wedding bells: two Chihuahuas yelped I –doooooooooooooo in Chicago. Afterwards, they Said Yes To The Mess.