All creatures great and small

Longtime fan of science fiction that I am, this article amused me on a variety of levels:
"Scientist says NASA Found Life on Mars - And Killed It".

Actually, that's disappointingly misleading. The article actually says that if NASA's Viking probes had found any life on Mars, those lucky little critters probably would have been killed by the tests that were supposed to detect them.

Speaking of weird, wonderful life forms that may or may not exist, check this out.

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as if he's not big enough already...

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Herman, the world's largest rabbit. He's 22 pounds of unbridled cuteness, and he looks like the most beautifully Photoshopped image I've seen in a long time. But, believe it or not, he's real.

Never question the mighty power of Snopes. They never lie, except for the times when they lie. Okay, so they distort things a bit to prove a point sometimes. But this is not one of those times, I'm drifting off topic (as usual), and Herman really is that damn big. It's a shame there's no audio for this story, or you'd hear his unearthly cry of "Cheeeese, Gromit!"

On a distinctly less cheerful note, this article was extremely interesting, both for its subject matter and its somewhat surprising author.

Last but not least, mein Frau should be pleased to hear that Unshelved is doing a poster for ALA. For those who are missing out, Unshelved is an outstanding comic strip that takes place in a library. You don't have to be a librarian to like it, but it probably helps.