It's Another Day of Blog Bizarre-Ness

Every once in a while, the blogosphere seems over-popuated by simply bizarre stuff, and it looks as if today is one of those days, what with midget-eating lions, tongue-tied senators, 1950s advice for women and a refreshing abundance of British media influence.

Today's top link, in fact, includes Sen. Bill Frist's verbatim answer to a simple question from Sen. Chuck Schumer, as reported in the Think Progress blog's coverage of the filibuster debate. (Perhaps Frist taking off-the-cuff elocution lessons from the Prez?)

The British press also has been appearing with more frequency among blog posts recently, including the transcript of George Galloway's no-holds-barred testimony before the U.S. senate this week, the BBC coverage of midget-eating lions in Cambodia, a Wired News prediction that the BBC might very well dominate the news business with its recent technology moves, and The Register's coverage (bizarre alert!) of a British woman's embarrassing shopping trip.

In a flashback posting, the blinkytreeblog posts excerpts from "On Becoming a Woman," a 1950s-era booklet brimming with "advice" for women. We've come a long way, baby....haven't we???

On the fantasy front, Batman fans are mourning the death of actor Frank Gorshin, who played The Riddler in the original Batman TV series. And actor Kelsey Grammer will play The Beast in the upcoming X Men 3. But the majority of fantasy buzz is focused on the opening night of "Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." Among today's popular blog hits are Darth Vader's blog, the official Star Wars site, a Star Wars versions of The Last Supper, the New Yorker's review of the movie, and a Star Wars Photoshop contest.

BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Let the end of an era begin.

P.S. A BlogPulse user writes in to let folks know of a web site where visitors can send thanks to Star Wars producer George Lucas for 27 years of fine fantasy.