1. This is pretty awesome. It'll be interesting to see if it's proven in the future or not.

2. Cute.

Though of course, I have to nitpick.

And lead us not into supernatural explanations, deliver us from denial of logic.

Is it hypocritical of me to agree with eschewing supernatural explanations but not with relying solely on logic? I mean, logic is, after all, dependent on human intelligence, which is obviously fallible. But that doesn't mean we should make stuff up to fill in the gaps, either.

3. You've gotta be kidding me.

SAY ‘BYE-BYE, PLANE’

Last July, 19-month-old Garren Penland – who’d just endured an 11-hour delay at Houston airport – said those words repeatedly (as children will) during the safety briefing on a Continental flight. “The flight attendant said, ‘Okay, it’s not funny any more. You need to shut your baby up,’ ” claimed his mum, Kate. Unfazed, Garren kept going, and mother and son soon ended up on the tarmac.

Would the same kid be kicked off the plane for crying? Probably not. That makes no sense.

And I have to say this makes me think about what would happen if someone with echolalia were on a flight. I suppose there's no constitutionally protected right to sit on an airliner, but still....

4. NAGPRA in action. Locally. Sort of.

The 200-foot-deep portion along Marine Drive eventually will be the site of a Lower Elwha cultural center and museum.

Sweet. This is what all archaeological sites should turn into. So nerds like me can go visit them.

After the first remains were unearthed at Tse-whit-zen, tribal members worked beside archaeologists to remove the burials.

Good, but it would've been better if they'd involved them as soon as they realized it was an occupation site connected to the tribe.

5. Laura Linney makes me proud to be a Brown alum.

NYT: As a graduate of Brown University do you think acting requires intelligence?

LL: No.