It are these people’s birthday too: Sir Christopher Wren, English architect John Dewey, American philosopher Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor Jelly Roll Morton, American composer Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer Tom Petty, American musician Scott Hall, American professional wrestler Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader Snoop Dogg, American rapper As well as these two who are exactly as old as me: Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author On this day, by the BBC and The New York Times. ...

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I just saw a sign at Burger King that carried the normal verbiage about shirts and shoes, but also had one interesting addition: Only medically necessary animals allowed inside. I’m assuming they mean helper animals, but I can’t get the image out of my head of an older person walking in with an IV tube attached to a monkey. :)

Last Sunday’s games weren’t great for anyone in our league, but no one was able to accomplish what mine did: 51 points. Still in seventh place, oddly enough. QB Ben Roethlisberger: One touchdown, which put him in the top spot for points scored. Yay for ball control. WR Wes Welker: 19 yards against the surprising Browns defense. WR Calvin Johnson: 3 yards against the surprising Redskins defense. It’s a theme! ...

Interesting test for whether you use more of your right brain or your left. If you see the dancer spinning clockwise, you’re using the right brain; counter-clockwise, the left. Not sure how accurate it is, but it’s a weird effect. When I load the page, I can’t help but see her going clockwise. If I just watch the picture move, it stays clockwise. However, about the moment I noticed that the dancer appeared to be…ah…more anatomically correct than you would expect a computer-generated silhouette to be, she flipped counter-clockwise. It takes a bit, but for me looking directly at any detail in the image flips the motion to counter-clockwise. That might actually make sense, given the descriptions of right vs. left brain they use. ...

I just upgraded to release 2.3 for WordPress, named “Dexter.” Seems to have run pretty smoothly, and the new release has a plugin checker that lets you know about the latest versions of your plugins. (Also, integrated tagging! Which I might use at some point, maybe.) However, just in case you run into the same error I did, mentioning the non-existence of the “post2cat” table, upgrade your Google Sitemap plugin. The plugin checker doesn’t recognize there is a new version yet, and the older one isn’t entirely compatible with Dexter. ...

The team did better last Sunday, but stayed stuck in 7th place in the league. Unexpectedly good games from some players, however. QB Ben Roethlisberger: Two TDs, two INTs. Too bad about the INTs, but that’s about the production I would expect from a Steelers QB. Drew Brees, on the other hand, had a much better week than usual. He had a bye. WR Wes Welker: Wish Tom Brady wasn’t in love with Randy Moss. ...

Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever! has seen some changes down through the years, as seen in this Flickr gallery. The best part is that they added more girls, but did so by adding bows to heads and flowers to clothes. And let’s not forget nearsighted cats. :) Did they really have to change the caption “He comes promptly when he is called to breakfast” to “He goes to the kitchen to eat his breakfast”? Perhaps children in 1963 could count on being called for breakfast, while children in 1991 were counted on to make their own. ...

Even later on this report. Maybe I should just accept the inevitable. :) Tried to adjust my starting lineup based on opponents. Not smart. QB Drew Brees: 4 INTs, 1 fumble. Are you kidding? He’s going to find out he’s colorblind before the end of the season. WR Marques Colston: If it’s completed, it’s completed to Colston. WR Calvin Johnson: 58 yards, and then a back injury. Hopefully he’ll still be ready to go this week. ...

Running a bit late on this week’s update, but at least I get to watch Syracuse embarrass Louisville while I’m at it. (31-14 Syracuse, right now. Their road uniforms look a lot less like they made them themselves. Here’s their home uniform from the Washington game.) I made a few adjustments to the starting lineup last week. Paid off a bit. QB Ben Roethlisberger: Seriously, I had to start him. He was going up against the Bills. However, the Steelers’ run-oriented offense is a problem for starting him all year. ...