Less than a week away from National Toupee Forgiveness Day, that special day instituted by Tunesmith & Anthony. On NTFD, toupee wearers can freely leave behind their hairpieces and move on with their lives, without fear of anyone remarking on the change.

If you are not a toupee wearer, you may think this important day does not affect you. But you are wrong. You have a part to play, a very important part, and without your involvement the day will fail.

Quoting from the T&A site:

The Tenets of National Toupee Forgiveness Day:

1. Long suffering toupee wearers who have yearned to cease wearing a toupee but have not for fear of embarrassment shall stop wearing their toupees on National Toupee Forgiveness Day.
2. A habitual toupee wearing person
   

I don’t know much about baseball, but even I can tell that 47 – 77 is not a good record. On the chance that new ownership could improve the situation, some of us pulled together an open plea to one of Pittsburgh’s favorite sons.

There’s a link at the end of the letter to add your own personal plea, rant about the Pirates, or explain why the whole thing is a silly idea. Make yourself heard.

The folks at Words For Snow are raising money for a worthy cause: sending a bright kid on a terrific learning experience.

The bright kid is Emily, who’s smart and polite and lovely and the niece of Suzie Putnam of Words for Snow. The terrific learning experience is the 50th annual People to People World Leadership Forum in 2007, located in our nation’s capital. As Emily lives under difficult circumstances, money is being collected to make sure she can enjoy this wonderful opportunity.

Find out more and make a donation at the Send Emily to D.C. website. Or buy a hand-knitted item and know the money is going toward this worthy cause.

I assume the music of They Might Be Giants appeals to only a select few. If you are among those few, or if you are not sure whether you’re among them but you are the sort of curious person who clicks on links, please check out The Venue Songs. It’s a collection of videos, being rolled out over time, to depict songs written for particular venues on a recent TMBG national tour.

Good golly, it’s great. Having watched only the first two entries plus the intro (narrated by my longtime internet/radio crush John Hodgman, whom I have never met and swear I am not stalking), I’m completely overwhelmed. My novel-in-progress will be taking a dramatic departure from “reality” as a result of discovering this gem.

(At some point the web will shift and the link above will point to the main TMBG website. I assume The Venue Songs will continue to reside there somewhere — search for the joy.)

Or, if you’re the impatient type, you can order the double DVD and have it all forever.

This cat sounds like the Laura Croft of the feline world.

Several next thoughts:

• Now that this has received national news exposure, how many hours until that cat is claimed or adopted? (My guess: 2.) And how many people will try to adopt the cat? (I’m saying about 50.)
• What was the guy doing in the canoe? It sounds like Kitty had arranged ahead of time for him to be waiting, as part of her prison break.
• Wouldn’t that cat’s route make a great video game? But given how game designers animate gore, I couldn’t play it due to the gruesome sight of the little Kitty getting smushed when I screwed up.

(Link thanks to The Morning News.