According to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, a baby named Gauge Danger Smith was born in Hawaii today. Danger really *is* his middle name.

Parisian dreams

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I will admit that I have been on a not-terribly-subtle campaign to help Matt decide that he does in fact want to move to Santa Barbara conmigo in the spring, and it may be working! All of this missing him while he is in Europe is paying off!

Orchid rescue: success

Were you aware of it? vol. 38: It's not a weasel, it's a martin

Man with dead weasel accused of Hoquiam assault

HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into a Hoquiam apartment and assaulted a man.

The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker said, "It's not a weasel, it's a martin," then punched him in the nose and fled.

The attacker was apparently looking for his girlfriend and had gone to her former boyfriend's apartment Monday night where the victim was a guest.

KXRO reports he left carcass behind.

Police later found the suspect arguing with his girlfriend at another location and arrested the 33-year-old Hoquiam man after a fight.

He said he had found the martin dead near Hoquiam, but police don't know why he carried it with him.

A martin is a member of the weasel family.

**Courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

I feel this merits a theatrical reenactment.