700 Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge: These arrests, of course, were dwarfed by the tens of thousands of Tea Party activists detained for civil disobedience over the past few months.

Get Ready for State Enterprise Services, Y'all: The new Megatron of State Services will include the administrative powerhouses of "General Administration, Information Services, Personnel, Printing and parts of the Office of Financial Management."

Israel to Negotiate Directly, Without Preconditions: As per the Quartet Talks suggestion.

KISS the Bride: After a 28 year long relationship with Shannon Tweed, Gene Simmons has finally married. During the first dance, Tweed reportedly wore $2.5 million in diamonds.

Football or Something: Rumor has it there's a game today at 1:05 p.m.. The PI has (I'm guessing) more useful pre-game commentary than I would have.

Awkwarrrd: Governor Huckabee hosted Governor Romney on his lovely Fox cable TV show, and the two grand old gentlemen were indeed jovial. Maybe this will prevent more speculation that Huckabee is reconsidering a run.

Former Parks Employee Under Scrutiny for the Most Obvious, Detectable Reasons: David Uberuaga, a former Mount Rainier parks employee, sold his home for triple the assessed value, to a company with a multimillion-dollar monopoly for business on the mountain.

Lutherans Bless Animals at Church: "'All lizards, snakes and creeping things, praise the Lord,' sang Burchfield as she neared the end. 'Raccoons and squirrels, praise the Lord.'"

Seriously, just watch this song. Esperanza Spalding has performed more at Barack Obama's White House than any other entertainer/artist/savant genius. Then watch it again and listen to the almost entirely distinct standup bass accompaniment that she's doing at the same time.