The Thanksgiving Come-Down: Bedbugs, Fairies and Space Aliens

Perhaps everyone's still on a tryptophan high from eating all those turkey leftovers? How else to explain the strange collection of bedbugs, English fairies and space aliens in today's blog discussions?

In case you didn't read Sunday's New York Times, you missed coverage of the return of the bedbugs (complete with photos, it's today's most-cited news story). Surprisingly (and kind of creepily, don't you think?), BlogPulse detected more than 1,000 search results for "bedbugs."

Don't disturb them, please
And in England, locals near Perthshire are upset at construction for a new housing development that's disturbing, yes, the fairies who inhabit it, according to the Times online. "Neat!" comes the endorsement from Here Be Bears blogger. "California," writes the Primis blogger, "you have been weighed and measured and found wanting. You have a loottt of catching up to do."

More tin-foil hats?
Maybe those guys at MIT were ahead of their time? Former Canadian defense minister Paul Hellyer is making space waves by calling for public hearings about extraterrestrials, and he even uses the " R word" (Roswell, NM). The Random Numbers blogger already has an aluminum-foil maple leaf ready to go. Little Green Footballs notes that the speech ended....not with harrumphing and a walkout, but with a standing ovation. Asks Daimnation: "When Canadians say they wish the American media would pay more attention to them, is this what they had in mind?" Don't think so.

Passings...Bloggers are mourning the weekend death of actor Pat Morita, whose Mr. Miyagi character in the "Karate Kid" movies is legendary. "Rest in peace, sir," offers Patchwork Earth in tribute.