There was double tragedy this week at Chez Cellania. We lost 33% of our indoor critters. The parakeet expired suddenly, as far as we know. No symptoms of illness, no signs of trauma, just a dead bird in the cage. An ex-parakeet. It was nighttime Sunday and the kids had social obligations the next day, so I put her in a check box and put her away for a couple of days til we had time for a funeral. Then Tuesday while the kids were in school, I watched in vain as our oldest hermit crab stopped scuttling about and curled up. He fit in a tiny box, the kind you get when you buy jewelry.

"Drillbit Taylor" * (out of four): Tone-deaf would-be comedy about three high school wimps who hire Owen Wilson as their bodyguard. If this sounds familiar it's because there's nothing new here.

"Drillbit Taylor". It's one of those titles, like "Joe Dirt" or "Deuce Bigalow", that get applied to a one-joke comedy in the hope that laughs will fall out by virtue of the name alone. "Drillbit" - a tone-deaf would-be comedy about three high school wimps who hire Owen Wilson's titular loser as their bodyguard - feels like a bargain-basement knock-off of any number of teen movies. "My Bodyguard" comes-out-swinging to mind ("Drillbit" even features a cameo by "My Bodyguard" himself Adam Baldwin - amazingly Kevin Costner, or Matt Dillon for that matter, is nowhere to be found). But "Drillbit" lacks even the slightest inspiration to make it anything more than the sum of its rehashed parts.

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Futurama: Amazon Tour

Anyone who reads YESBUTNOBUTYES semi-regularly knows we have an obsession for bacon. Scrumptious, mouth-watery, greasy, artery clogging Bacon!

And since our first month on the web, we’ve been posting bacon related stories, products and inventions.

Here’s a look back at some of our most memorable, and most flavorful, posts. So far…

Have you gotten your egg coloring freak on yet? If so, take some snaps of those pastel beauties and head over to the Hatch Easter Egg Coloring Contest. I'm not sure what the prize is, other than bragging rights. But what the hell...why not get in the spirit.

And if one contest isn't enough for ya, head over to Peeps on Film. We've already given you tons of inspiration.

Remakes of your favorite films, starring marshmallow Peeps. There are a dozen, with widely varying quality.

- One thing you can say about Tina Fey...she's calls 'em as she sees 'em.
- And this just in...John McCain is crazy old, and thinks sunnis are shiites.
- Arthur C. Clark died, ending any hope of my ever understanding that flick.
- This guy has put his whole life up for sale. Haven't we been here before?
- And how bad are sales if you have to hire Screech as your spokesman?