Animal rights activist Alicia Silverstone wearing leather biker’s gear? No… it’s “pleather”! (While you’re at PETA’s cowsarecool.com, you can watch a group of cows sing to you (in a song written by B-52’s keyboardist Pat Irwin), pleading not to use them for leather. You could have watched this during the superbowl, but CBS refused the ad.

What’s that written on George W.’s palm?

This explains why it was black at 1:30 in the afternoon. I should stay on top of these things.

It’s 1:30 in the afternoon. Looking out the window, you’d think it was 1:30 in the morning, with little moon out. It’s black. And raining – very, very hard. It has been like this for the last half hour, nonstop. I’d planned to run errands this afternoon that involved alot of walking around outside. I’ll wait a bit, I think. If I look closely, I can barely see cars in the parking lot a hundred feet away.

I began a yoga class today. I’ve been doing bits and pieces of yoga for the last few years, just for stretching and internal massage, but this is the first time with a teacher. Coming out of class, I felt like I’d just had a full night of restful sleep. I used to do an hour’s routine every night, but I’ve slacked off dramatically this last year. Recently, I’ve been down to just a pose or two. I’m wanting to get back to my old ways.

Also saved for posterity at the Beeb, the Radio 4 series Dead Ringers used impressionist Jon Culshaw to telephone various businesses in the guise of Tom Baker’s Doctor. The calls are available for listening in readplayer format. My favorite was when the Doctor called Sylvestor McCoy (the most recent Doctor) for help, to merge minds, to solve a terrible problem.

The BBC is preparing to release all of the Doctor Who episodes on DVD, and the man in charge, Ross McGinley, has had a dickens of a time with it.

Backwash is a “WebSurfing Community” – kind of like Yahoo!’s front page, or a large collaborative weblog. I’d never heard of them before they sent a mess of folks over to my Gobbler visit pages. (If you haven’t yet, visit James Lilek’s original Gobbler site first.)

The History of my Boobs: A Catastrophe in Four Parts. Well written recollections of a woman and her breasts, from discovering at age five she wasn’t allowed to go topless to piercing them at age 23.

The Tech Museum of Innovation publishes the monthly Tech Ten, ten websites that deliver high technology to teachers, students, and families. They’re on a year-long hiatus right now, looking for a new editor (I nominate Mike Gunderloy) but December 1999’s list still looks worth browsing.