On baseball, Legos, and the power of mullets

First off, a big congratulations to Cardinals' ace Chris Carpenter on winning the 2005 Cy Young Award. He is the first Cardinal to win the award since the great Bob Gibson in 1968 and 1970. Carpenter definitely earned it, winning an unbelievable 17 games in a row.

NOTE: For those who don't know, the Cy Young is the award for the best pitcher of the year. It's named after the legendary Denton "Cyclone" Young, who threw the first perfect game in 1904, and whose record for most wins (511) has stood for almost a century.

So, hats off to Carpenter. This almost makes up for this week's Other Big Story in St. Louis. Almost.

In other news, JibJab, the official role models of the Daily Marmoset, added a new section to their website recently. It's a collection of funny websites entitled Oddities. Many of the sites are ones you probably have seen before, but then again you can't really argue with the classics. (Which reminds me: if you need some shopping ideas, the Marmoset would love a copy of the new Tino album for Christmas.) One of them was an old personal favorite I'd long forgotten. But there are plenty of other gems. A few examples:

• Shame on me for not posting the Shining trailer sooner.
  
• Speaking of shame, Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) should hang her head and weep for her entry in America's Funniest Senators. Her joke scored lower than the thoroughly humor-free Rick Santorum, who didn't post a joke at all.
  
• The Brick Testament includes thousands of illustrations for the Bible using Lego figures. Some are more entertaining than others, but I especially enjoyed the Book of Judges. I think I finally understand why picture books about Samson disturbed me as a kid.
• Last but not least, check out Super Greg. This is funny for many, many reasons, not least of which is his name. Don't you think so, Marmoset?