Fired Up Missouri reports that Governor Blunt's latest campaign finance report includes some big numbers from a notable name: Bob Perry. He was also a contributor to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the 2004 smear campaign that brought us four more years of Bush. Perry has been the largest donor of some of the political action groups run by disgraced former congressman Tom DeLay.

Some find it surprising that the increasingly unpopular Matt Blunt is even raising money for a reelection run in 2008. Bob Perry is not the kind of person that we want associated with our state. If we judge by the company he keeps, then Matt Blunt isn't either.

Be sure to vote in the new poll. For those wondering, "Buy Music?" won the last poll. You should be ashamed of yourselves, for sure.

Forgot about the pickle theme, sorry. I give you Japanese Pickle Poker. Play poker with some pickles. It's pretty darn simple.

Yes, this is a Flash version of the DS game which was based on an earlier Shockwave game. It's a Bejeweled clone with some twists. I highly recommend the quest mode. The only problem is that the instructions are in Japanese. You can get the gist of some of the levels, but for a full translation of the instructions, head over to Jay is Games.

"The Wasp"

The wasp and all his numerous family
I look upon as a major calamity.
He throws open his nest with prodigality,
But I distrust his waspitality.

"Samson Agonistes"

I test my bath before I sit,
And I'm always moved to wonderment
That what chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.

"The Purist"

I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious scientist,
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean," he said, "a crocodile."

Ogden also coined the line quoted by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:

"Reflections on Ice-Breaking"

Candy
Is Dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.

Here's my first entry for Pickles Week:

PICKLES! The movie

The Sneeze is a great blog. There were some follow-up posts after this with user submissions, but none of them topped the original movie.