• The winner of Mollygood's Someone Haiku:

Pride in being a
Family, not just for cats-
For pinnapeds (sic) too.

• Duke Lacrosse players get their litigious revenge. Maybe Duke can hold a wrongly accused charity ball.

• The gays behind, or in front, depending on their mood, of Obama talk to Queerty.

• Bubble watch: We wrote about the John McCain story four times today. Currently, the most emailed New York Times story is "More Americans Are Giving Up Golf." Really makes you think.

• Bonnie Fuller realizes her kids aren't like famous people's kids. Looks like stars aren't just like us. That one also really makes you think.

• The adoption of Pax is finalized. After all that thinking, now you can finally rest easy.