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While I'm not a huge South Park fan, this little online application to make your own South Park character was just too fun to pass up!  (kudos to Nicole!)

So, here I am, South Park incarnated: purple sweater, floppy hat, messy hair, ice cream ... and a sword.

And, because John doesn't blog, I had to do his, too!  Karate outfit, light saber, listening to tunes and having a beer.

After going this far, Amelia must have one, too!  Dragging her teddy bear, dancing with her guitar, messy hair do, diva crown, but still cute as a button!

This is a picture taken from the Hubble telescope of a planetary nebulae (the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star).  It's been referred to in urban legend email forwards as the "Eye of God", but NASA just calls it Helix Nebula.  Here's what NASA has to say about it:

Ok.  I've been far too serious lately.  Here are some Ninja lessons for all you boys and girls out there.  You know you've been looking for them.

I think we are all happy the shuttle *finally* got back up into space.  Here's a cool shot taken by NASA Science Officer John Phillips from the space station of Hurricane Emily on July 17, 2005.

A photojournalist snapped this one in Iraq, and titled it "Hearts and minds."  A smiling child, carrying colorful boxes (tissues maybe?), flipping the foreign photographer the bird. I love it.  I think it shows frustration, hope, and fun all at the same time.   What do you think?

Is this cool or what?  Can you believe someone actually created that with paper?  The artist is Robert J. Lang.  About him from his website: 

"Robert J. Lang has been an avid student of origami for over thirty years and is now recognized as one of the world’s leading masters of the art, with over 400 designs catalogued and diagrammed. He is noted for designs of great detail and realism, and includes in his repertoire some of the most complex origami designs ever created."