From the makers of Shards O'Glass freeze pops...

So speaking of strange weapons to keep around the house yesterday, I ran across this Web site today that, for real, sells something called The Cub Blowgun. It's a blowgun -- for CHILDREN! Now, the number of things that strike me as absolutely insane about this are so numerous as to make my head spin, but I'll mention a few:

A) IT'S DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN! We really want to give 4-year-olds the ability to take us out with stun darts shot from a blowgun?!?! Like brats with slingshots weren't enough? Why don't we just design child-sized bazookas while we're at it.
B) It's being sold on a Web site that sells self-defense products. Who on Earth thinks a blowgun is a good weapon for self-defense?!? Is your would-be mugger really like to flee when you whip out your blowgun?*
C) Why can't you ship this blowgun to California or Massachusetts? Are those bastions of liberalism against the right to bear blowguns? Those Commies -- no wonder crime is so high in those places. (I'm guessing.)

*not a euphemism

What's brewing around the world:
Iran cleared the way for its uranium enrichment program, drawing the ire of the U.S. and other countries. Now, I don't want to say that we're for sure going to be attacking them next, but let's face it, we're already in the neighborhood. And people want us to pull our troops out of Iraq. What better to way to do that than to pull them out of Iraq and into Iran?

A 10-hour standoff ended without any hostages being hurt when one of two bank robbery suspects was killed and the other was arrested. Officials say the key to taking down the hostage-takers was that one of the people in the bank had a blowgun.

After getting into a wreck this weekend in his motorcycle, it was discovered that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding illegally and had not bothered to get a motorcycle license. Schwarzenegger has promised that next time he travels back in time, besides saving John Connor, he will remedy the motorcycle license problem as well.

A 41-year-old British woman has married a dolphin. Yes, married a dolphin. She cites love as the reason for their nuptials, but everyone is pretty sure he's just in it for the fish.