Chris Peterson/Muse You Can Use

A pair of juvenile ospreys spar over a fish in Glacier National Park. The platform was built to keep the birds from nesting on nearby powerlines, where they could get electrocuted.

*Idaho Escapee/Atmospheric Ruminations admits that moving to the Oregon Coast hasn't been the cure-all he was seeking. But at least he doesn't have the bad memories he once did here.

*Brent Andrews/Chronic Discontent offers his own doodlings re: the Larry Craig airport bathroom incident here and here.

*There's a reason why Inland Empire Girl/Gathering Around The Table never leaves her dogs alone during the Fourth of July holiday here.

*PDX Pup hates Carrie Underwood b/c she loves Underwood's song "Before He Cheats," although she despises two of the music genres the singer represents. Got that? Click here.

*"Can you imagine the pain? The pain of finding out the person who was your father, isn't the man you thought he was, all your life?" posts Toadman/Synaptic Disunion. "How do you explain it to your children, your friends, yourself? I can't imagine the pain, but I've witnessed the pain of others" here.

Record Blog Numbers (for Monday, Aug. 27): 13,202 page-views and 7,157 unique views.

Meanwhile, Kellogg Bloggin' takes no pleasure in Larry Craig's arrest here, The Perambulator admits he's not as young as he used to be here, JBelle must be in Russia now here, TUBOB takes us hiking in Zeusland here, and Wayward Episcopalian pimps Joe Biden here.

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