I Suppose I Ought To Go To Bed Now

It's getting near to 1 am, and I just had a little (very little) adventure outside. I heard something out there, but I figured it was just the house settling or some other minor noise. But then I heard it again, so I went to the back door, and there was definitely something right outside the door. So I did what any sensible woman running around at midnight trying to catch up on her internetting would do. I turned on the outside light, duh. And there it was, sneaking off into the jungle of the back yard. Our Possum. I'd never actually seen one move before this. The one time I saw him before, he was frozen in apparent terror. So he moved off into the yard, and I thought I will never get a better chance to make absolutely sure he isn't camping out in our crawlspace again, so I threw on a robe, grabbed the flashlight, and went out to check the hole.

Now, we had covered up the hole into our crawlspace awhile ago after we were sure he was out of there, so I was expecting it to be still covered. And it was, except that something had been tearing at the outside wall near the hole, and had moved some of the paving stones we put over the hole. It's clear that he wants his pad back. If I had been up to it, I would have checked all the other vents going into the crawlspace, but it was past midnight and there was a huge possum somewhere in the yard behind me, so I just went back inside instead. I figured out, when I closed the door, what that noise I had been hearing was. The door shifts a little once it is closed. If something were to push at it, say in the spot where there's a duct-taped over cat flap, then move back, it would make exactly the same noise I was hearing. Forget about the crawlspace, the possum wants to move in upstairs with us!

Anyway, before I down some more painkiller and rub my arms with aloe, here's some gems from around the web to enjoy:

Here's another Hembeck-ized cover with Aquaman on it. In the bit below, Hembeck goes to little effort to make fun of us Aquaman fans. And, for Neilalien (thanks for the mention, bud), here's a Dr Strange Hembeck-ized cover, and another pin-up of Dr Strange. Oh, c'mon, just check out the whole lot at Hembeck's Classic Cover Redos Site.

Here's a bad math problem. There are two problems with it. The drawing is impossible, and the problem itself tells the test-takers to look at the drawing. Oops. And this problem was on a standardized test. Not good. (I think I got this at CalPundit)

Billmon links the name of the newest Ashcroft Act to 1984. I gotta agree with Billmon. Don't these people ever read?

Presidential candidate Dennis J. Kucinich is guest blogging at Lessig's Blog.

The political cartoonist who was questioned by the FBI because of a political cartoon (in which he depicts "W" as being executed by "Politics", referencing a famous Vietnam era photograph) has responded the way political cartoonists ought to respond, with another cartoon. Via the Cagle Blog