Up way too early because of a thunderstorm, I’m seeing a commercial for a “neckline slimmer” (sound at the link), the first resistance exercise for your chin and neckline! That’s a new one. Better than the penis pump or the pill that promises it will “increase the size of a certain part of the male body.” Yeah, right.

I agree with Virginia Postrel on universal healthcare.

Think about this for a moment. Medicare is a huge, single-payer, government-run program. It ought to provide the perfect environment for experimentation. If more-efficient government management can slash health-care costs by addressing all these problems, why not start with Medicare? Let’s see what “better management” looks like applied to Medicare before we roll it out to the rest of the country.

Go read the whole thing.

Today’s the first day of day camp. The Little Guy is going three days a week again. This year he’s old enough for archery too.

We went fishing with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts on Saturday. The Little Guy said, “Mom, since I don’t like bugs, will you put the worms on the hook for me?” So of course I did. But I let a Boy Scout do it whenever I could. I’m glad I had that bottle of hand sanitizer with me too.

Little Guy caught the first fish, a bluegill, and then two more. He also caught a tree and Mrs. B. He only caught the edge of the cuff of her jacket, but there was a worm on the hook. Yuck. I’m sure she got that in the washer as soon as she got home.

It is the 65th anniversary of D-Day and Google’s logo looks like this:

The mouseover tooltip says:

Celebrating 25 years of the Tetris Effect – courtesy of Tetris Holding, LLC

Added: Also at Don Surber, and through him, Lawhawk

Was Benjamin N. Cardozo who succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes on the court.

Cardozo was an associate justice from 1932 until his death in 1938. He was appointed by Herbert Hoover.

Benjamin Cardozo was born into a community of persecuted Spanish and Portuguese Jews established in New Amsterdam in 1654. Governor Peter Stuyvesant attempted to expel them but was overruled by the Dutch West India Company. Cardozo’s family produced distinguished patriots including Emma Lazarus, whose words once adorned the Statue of Liberty. (my emphasis)

Via Don Surber:

Missing baby found in Sandwich

My cousin Dana got married Memorial Day weekend and they’ve just posted this “story of our romance” video that was played at the reception. I wasn’t able to attend the wedding, but at least I can see the video and share it with you!

President Obama took his wife on a date Saturday night. To New York. He didn’t take the 747 Air Force 1, he took a small Gulfstream with two other planes carrying entourage.

Helicopter to Manhattan.

Closed roads for a straight shot to the restaurant and the show.

Must be nice.

Remember this?

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.

and this?

“You can’t get corporate jets, you can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer’s dime,” Obama said during a town hall meeting in Indiana.

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Via The Anchoress – this is absolutely the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.

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Dr. George Tiller was murdered in church Sunday morning. Our condolences and prayers go out to his family. Even though I consider his actions reprehensible, he didn’t deserve to be murdered and I hope that the murder is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Michelle Malkin has more here.