Amazon

According to Amazon.com's commercials, they are the ones with the smile on the box.

But my last 2 orders have come in plain boxes.  A distinct lack of smiles.

I am thoroughly disappointed.

2012 Formula One Season

Congrats to Sebastian Vettel for winning his third straight world championship.

Quite a good last race.  Quite a good last couple of races.  Actually, quite a good season overall.

The Hobbit

Did Tom Bombadil show up in The Hobbit book?  Because he was cut from the Lord of the Rings movies.

He really needs to make his big screen debut.

The name "Peggy" is short for...

Margaret.

Apparently.

That doesn't make a damn lick of sense.

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Red Bull.

Pretty decent day for Red Bull.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix today, with teammate Mark Webber coming in second.  So, maximum points for Red Bull in the F1 Constructors' Championship. And Vettel took the lead in the Drivers' Championship.

But still...  seems like I'm forgetting something...

What could it be?

Oh, yeah!

How about a man and his space suit going Mach 1.24 without the aid of any sort of vehicle.  Felix Baumgartner, you are one crazy, crazy man.

For those of you that missed it, here's the highlight reel.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

Nerdowell.

This word turned up in my email today.  I'm assuming (from context) that the person who sent it was attempting to write "ne'er-do-well".  But my brain being what it is, read it as "nerdo well".

Not really sure what a nerdo well is, but I'm pretty sure it is pretty darn fantastic.

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Wishbone