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It’s a rainy Thursday here in Oxford - about the 500th rainy Thursday in a row, and that’s put me in the mood for a recap of what’s going on in the world and here at chrisdellavedova.com.

Budget deficit narrows to $205 billion

This is sort of like saying that your waistline has narrowed to 58 inches. Didn’t the U.S. have a surplus in 2000? The thing that really annoys me is that Bush announced this with a certain amount of pride and that it doesn’t include the cost of the war. Is massive delusion an impeachable offense?

Giant badgers terrorise Iraqi port city

Reason number 967 why it sucks to live in Iraq.

Florida to introduce tough greenhouse gas targets

This could be really good news, although its often times hard to read through the spin. And the targets seem really long range. But I’m tentatively proud of my home state. And for an example of how to spin to confuse your readers…

SUN EXCLUSIVE: Cheshire mum weds Bin Laden

I love the red tops. The Sun is one of my guilty pleasures. Others include but are not limited to bad reality television, Maynard’s Wine Gums and Heat magazine.

Our back yard (back garden for British readers) is a veritable nature reserve. We have a resident bat, which I see every night at twilight. Last night Timmins and I found a hedgehog. Sorry, I couldn’t get a great photo as he rolled up into a defensive ball as soon as the dog got near him. Fascinated by hedgehogs as they’ve evolved this great defense against predators. Timmins may be the bane of British fauna, but not hedgehogs. The most he can do is sit and wait patiently for them to unfurl. Wonder who would win that waiting game. Unfortunately hedgehogs have not developed a defense against the number one British predator - cars.

Last week I wrote, in what I thought was an appropriately derisive manner, about the hot dog eating world championships held on the Fourth of July. I clearly underestimated the fan base for competitive eating - I’ve received more comments and more search engine hits from hot dog eating or Kobayashi than for anything so far in my writing. I will point out that at least one of those comments compared competitive eating - sponsored gluttony, maybe - with professional wrestling, which I would also consider a non-sport. And, while I would still rather that we win at sports like basketball, baseball or even soccer, I thought I would post this picture as a demonstration of my pride in my homeland. As Sean Hannity might say - Joey Chestnut, you are an American hero.

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