Inside Huckleberries (5/19/05)

* Big John Rook passes along an interesting visual of a rock formation that becomes a mother and a child praying when you tilt your head sideways here . Snopes.com, the urban legend buster, doesn’t know what to make of it but guesses that it’s a painting.
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*Blogger Iowahawk has a funny parody on the Newsweek fable about US military stirring up a hornet’s nest by flushing the Quran down Gitmo toilets here .
Hat Tip: The Heimlich Maneuver.
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*Staff writer Eric Kelderman / Stateline.org dropped a line this afternoon asking if that WSU graduation prank at Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire’s expense was legit — or an online spoof. I sent proof that it was for real. He plans to include mention of it in a light-hearted feature.
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* Dave Tolle may become more famous than he imagined with that free-wheel riffing (30 cutlines or so) yesterday re: the photo of those Columbians dressed in sperm suits . Blogger Modulator outta Chicago, with 392 links and 268 sources picked it up, commenting: “There’s some additional good humor in the comment thread.”
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*Earth — to Capt. Ben Wolfinger . Beware of Fox microphones. Seems they were on this morning while you were adjusting your cap for the press conference re: the triple murder at Wolf Lodge Bay. And we all got to hear you say: “How do I look.” Reports Khris Bershers of the Heritage Foundation on the other side of the country: “He didn’t say anything that he shouldn’t have said, but you know … next time around …”