When I was a child, I used to love seagulls. My sister once introduced me to a very special seagull named Oscar. Oscar was a very ordinary herring gull, but for some reason Oscar took a liking to me. He would show up everywhere I went, sometimes travelling hundreds of miles just to see me. He was my little squawking shadow. You might think that he would get lost in a crows of dozens of birds that looked virtually identical, but my sister always seemed to be able to spot him and would reassure me, “Of course that’s Oscar!” She was older and wiser and I never questioned this.

In that spirit, I present today’s picture of Brian. (It’s probably actually Brian’s younger brother, or cousin, but Brian is really more of a grand idea than any one particular animal, right?) Anyway, the picture was shot out the window and isn’t very good, but Brian was in a hurry today, and didn’t stay to pose for pictures.

In other business: Countdown to Truth! 6 Days Until the Release of the Branchflower Report!

We had a little surprise today with the Supreme Court deciding to hear the appeal on quashing the Legislature’s investigation into the Troopergate scandal. I’m going to assume that our competent Supreme Court will come to the right decision on Wednesday when they hear arguments. So we march on and urge the members of the Legislative Council to release the report.

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Top 10 Reasons to Release the Report (courtesy of Gryphen at The Immoral Minority)

Tonight #7: This investigation has cost Alaskans $100,000. The last time Alaskans spent that kind of money with nothing to show for it, was on exotic dancers and cocaine back in the oil drenched 1980s.

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(I wasn’t here then, so don’t look at me! AKM)