11/1

1. In Wales, road signs have to be in both English and Welsh. So look at this sign. [Show sign] Now, the English makes sense, but the Welsh apparently means, this is true: “I am out of the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.” Of course, in New York, you get that sort of thing and the signs are just in English.

2. There is a huge exploding mud volcano in Indonesia right now. However, this is still not the biggest mud volcano on record. That record goes to the one erupting right now in Washington. Oh my god! I need a mud guard just to watch TV these days.

3. Sarah Palin said today that Barack Obama’s tax plan will “dash the dreams of Americans”. As opposed to the Bush tax plan, which has utterly pulverized them.

4. There have been a lot of rumors about whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead or alive, so North Korea released a picture of him watching a soccer match. The picture didn’t show any other spectators, though, so maybe it was actually an American soccer match.

5. Actor Joaquin Phoenix has decided to quit doing movies. He says that the reason is to focus on his music. Because apparently acting is so draining that no one can do that AND music.