Dan and I are resurrecting an old feature of this site, The Daily Doom, in which we share with you stories of doom, weirdness, and general strangeness from all corners of the Internet. 

Of course, by “daily” we mean the lesser-used secondary definition of “weekly.”

Animal Kingdom:

• The bird -to-human-child exchange rate is established when a Louisiana woman attempts to trade two children and $175 for a bird. According to one long time Doombot commenter, “That sounds about right.”
• In what could possibly be the first move in an imminent cephalopod uprising, an octopus at the  Santa Monica Pier Aquarium disassembled the water recycling system in its tank, flooding the aquarium with 200 gallons of salt water. 

Partisan Politics:

• Vice President Biden, appearing on a talk show to promote the stimulus bill, blanks on the name of the website and asks an aide for the website “number.” Biden later attempted to repair his gaffe by appearing in the White House press room to say “209.225.35.43, bitches!”
• Recently elected RNC Chairman Michael Steel says the party needs a hip-hop make over, and promises a public relations campaign that will be “off the hook.”I don’t think we can add anything to that.
• Obama vs Optimus Prime (important: not real!) – Who will wrest control of the Matrix of Leadership?

Fictional Space Issues:

• Recent developments in the soon-to-be-wrapped-up Battlestar Galactica have some bloggers suggesting that things are being slapped together and that the overall story has some gaping holes…. Nahhhhhhhhh.
• In other Battlestar Galactica news, Universal Studios released stills from the upcoming Caprica spinoff. The show promises to bring you all of the soap opera entanglements and dearth of likable characters you’d expect from BSG, but without all those pesky scenes of space combat. 

Bonus Doom:

• A jaunty fan-made musical number based on H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth, a personal favorite of mine. Link via Jason via Warren Ellis.