Cheesosaurus, originally uploaded by mark.hogan.

My birthday is still slightly more than a month away, but my friend went to Wisconsin this week and couldn’t pass up this dinosaur-shaped cheese souvenir. The real question is, will I be able to slice it so that the cheese that comes out is still shaped like a dinosaur?

Look! It’s cop day on Muni! Actually, it was the 2007 All Star Game at AT&T Park. Capping about five days of street closures and obnoxious drunken tourists in baseball-themed outfits, the game was Tuesday night. I didn’t go to the game, but I did quickly walk around the stadium The city even carpeted the street, in addition to closing them:

Apparently, the city closed the street so that the police could park their motorcycles and one guy could juggle in the middle of the road without getting hit by a car. At least someone was making use of it. My theory about the high security is that the government was worried that terrorists would rent kayaks and try to catch a home run ball to sell on eBay and raise money for buying weapons. That seems to be the likely excuse for the massive number of Coast Guard and police boats floating next to the usual people in kayaks, and a bunch of huge balls:

Be sure to notice the crowd of people with the giant “Impeach” sign in the background. I appreciate the sentiment, but I’m not sure if it is effective to display political statements to drunken baseball fans.

At least it’s over. I’m sick of the Goodyear Blimp hovering over my office all day. It sounds like a flying lawnmower.

In other news, a baby mammoth with intact skin and organs was discovered by a reindeer breeder in Russia. With global warming taking hold, people in northern Russia are going to start tripping over these things every day! Seriously though, it’s pretty fascinating- this mammoth had been buried for 40,000 years and is in almost perfect condition except for its missing hair.