Orange TV/Making Flippy Floppy labeled this photo: "A Picture of Q Taking A Picture of Me Taking a Picture of Q." Good stuff. Patrick also provided a follow-up on that fund-raiser at Mic-and-Macs for seriously injured Kim Hagen here.

*Family Phil/A Family Runs Through It takes us behind the scenes at the pinewood derby and provides a photo of his son's superb entry, the Black Pearl, here.

*Dr. Jim/CastMD ventures beyond medical lines to challenge what he sees as AG Alberto Gonzales' "illogical and confounding premise" re: habeas corpus here.

*MamaJD's kids were invited to the Mother of All Birthday Parties recently -- complete with "Star Wars" costumes and a light saber that the kids could take home -- and now she's feeling guilty b/c she wants to join a new parent group, Birthdays Without Pressure, here.

*Yes, Virginia, you can spend a whole day -- 24 hours -- at a Wal*Mart supercenter, but you should have your list of activities mapped out and a good excuse when security checks you our, according to Katrina/Notes on a Napkin, here.

Meanwhile, Pecky's As The Lake Churns blog has a nice new look here, The Otis celebrates birthday 33 at BrodH20 here, Dogwalk Musings tackles acupuncture for an ailing back here, Cis sees little difference between the Mafia and Payday Loan stores here, the wall behind Slight Detour's computer is cluttering up again here, Wambooli Lunch introduces us to Line Rider here.

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