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This is so bizarre I don’t know how to even explain it so I won’t even try.

Efforts to resolve the mystery continue after a fifth foot was discovered Monday at the mouth of the Fraser River in the Vancouver suburb of Ladner.

All of the feet have been found in the waters of the Georgia Strait area between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland.

The first two feet washed up in August 2007, one on Gabriola Island, the other on Jedidiah Island. Then in February another foot in a running shoe appeared on Valdes Island.

Last month a fourth foot was found on Kirkland Island in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond.

And on Monday, foot number five, showed up in Ladner. It was the only left foot so far.

They think it might have been a plane crash but it’s still weird.

Sounds like a David Lynch movie.

A few things in a dump because time has been fleeting and I haven’t been able to expand.

• There is a new baby in this world named Anna and I couldn’t be happier for this lovely family.
• If Chez Bez wants me to check it out, I will check it out.
• I can’t say this enough. If you blog, you really need to be following the AP/TechCrunch/Drudge Retort saga because it does impact each and every one of us. The thing with the tubes to always keep in mind is when larger organizations want “guidelines” because that means they want control over dispersing information. The beauty of the blogosphere is that in many ways it is the last great communication frontier. There is a lot to consider.
• And, I realize the AP story is all sexy right now, but this story is equally important as there is talk to charge by the Byte to curb internet traffic.
• This will make ariedana happy. Wait, it might just make me happy. Well, maybe both of us.
• Happy Wedding Day to Sulu!

Off to make the doughnuts. Or Dognuts if you are Billie.

So I shot a gun.

I’d never shot a gun before. We didn’t have them in my house when I was a kid. I think my dad had one but he never had it around.

I tried to kill a can. The can survived. Of course, the gun I shot was a 357 or something like that and my ears rang for 24 hours after I shot the damn thing. If I were going to review the shooting of the gun, the only thing I’d say is that it did exactly what Aunt B. said some time back and that is it went Crack-Pow.

As I talk just about like I Twitter (which, you can ask Badger Beth that I’ve been practicing lately in obscure ways. I tell her it’s like twittering but, you know, with words and looking at people. I will randomly say “Look a cat in a sweater.” “Fruit Loops taste like fruit suck” or “If I was On Sig’s boat on Deadliest Catch, I would be tired yet awesome.”

You know, random things.

Badger indulges me in this social experiment by ignoring me. I put it up on Twitter and had a rather lively conversation about it over there but realize that I hadn’t navel-gazed over here about it.

As for the gun, I don’t have any idea why I shot it. I never had before. Now I can say I did. There is no purpose or reason behind it. No liberal observation. It was loud.

No can was killed in this experiment.

And Mabel rode on the back of a four-wheeler because she wouldn’t ride in a truck when we went to shoot.

On another note, I have not ever really ridden a four-wheeler much nor, until this spring, have I ever hung out in the country but, you know, Goosepond Swamp Monster and all.

I’m a townie. Yes, there are different societal systems in Hooterville. As I continue my quest to find gainful employment in a place where I can eat sushi every day without having to drive an hour, I’m experiencing all I can. I have also realized that mosquitoes think I’m a bar and grille as they dine on me unmercifully when I’m enjoying the spoils of the farm.

To keep my street cred, I did shoot the gun in a tie-dye T-shirt.

Just saying.

From Xark.

He’s ‘tooning about this.

And, yes, I laughed. Go read him everyday.

UPDATE: Hell must have frozen over and the devil must be iceskating because Michelle Malkin and Daily Kos agree on this.

The only difference between the different parties so far has been tactics. Many have been supporting the call first made by TechCrunch to boycott all AP stories, yet Kos is calling for the exact opposite, telling bloggers they should be quoting more AP stories, and large chunks of AP text to force AP to test its threats in a court of law.