http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/2128257&from=rss

WIN.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

If you don't go and vote to name this Colbert, you are quite simply unamerican.

"I come in peace," it said, adding after a long moment of further grinding, "take me to your Lizard."

…"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see…"

"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"

"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so ( Read more... )

My friend Rubye posted these and they were so full of awesome that I decided to post two life journal entries within two days. (4th sign of the apocalypse for those paying attention to such things ( Read more... )

I love it when lawmakers (or at least their staff) run into issues with the very same idiotic laws they helped create and pass.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/youtube-to-mcca.html

YouTube Response to Sen. McCain - Upload a Document to Scribd   

"This Administration has put forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand. When I am president, there will be no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens; no more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime; no more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a ( Read more... )

"In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the ( Read more... )

Are any of you slackers out there interested in playing basketball like once a week? I have a few people interested and am trying to get enough to insure we can play regularly.

Let me know.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An inebriated Belgian woman died in a freak accident when she ended up beneath a heavy grave stone at a cemetery, local news agency Belga said Wednesday ( Read more... )

BERLIN (Reuters) - A fish caught in an east German lake near the Polish border not only got off the hook but also lured a 46-year-old fisherman to his death, police in the eastern town of Eisenhuettenstadt said Tuesday ( Read more... )