According to an in-deptharticle in the Union-Tribune, Athens is having a particularly Greek time getting ready for the 2004 Olympics.

I love that they find ancient artifacts whenever they dig. “History? Yeah, we got history lyin’ around.” You can’t build a thing without hitting a 2500-year-old Temple of Aphrodite complex, complete with brothel. Great stuff. I hope they can pull it off.

You’re not going to believe this. I have no response to it, other than picturing thousands of kids acting out this Onion article. Or something.

Sigh.

UPDATE – I just realized why the action figure’s head looks wrong. They gave him eyes.

If, like me, you read For Better or For Worse this morning and wondered what Pogos and poutine are, here’s a handy American’s Guide to Canada. It’ll help you tell the difference between a klick, a pop, and a Beep.

Just to bring everyone up to speed:

Deana is moving to Michigan this week. She starts her new job as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology (yay!) at Grand Valley State University this fall.

Karen is helping Deana drive to Michigan by way of Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Cheyenne, mumble mumble Nebraska something, and Chicago. They have a pair of digital cameras and a laptop, so they’re armed and dangerous.

This will make sense to no one, but so far the drive to Michigan includes lots of lightning, elk warnings, alternate air conditioning (on then off) and the “Hey young ladies. Beautiful evening.” scary guy at Denny’s.

This is the desert, near Yuma:

And this is us, finally at the Fairfield Inn in Flagstaff:

Exciting stuff! We’ll keep you posted…

I moved the images to the globalspin.com server and reduced their file size. ~chris