Hard and brittle plastic

Just reminding people. My phone number is (617) 519-6874. And I'll try really hard not to forget it this time.

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Not that I had any doubts, but:

Spoiler for Star Trek

I just heard "American Pie" on the radio for the first time in a while, and I started to think about the possibility that Obama would get assassinated and what that would do to the country. I think it would be a more devastating blow than Kennedy's death, but I wonder if that's because I live in the here and now vs. living in the 60's.

I do really like this president, even if I disagree with soMe of his decisions. I like his approach. And hopefully we will have for 7 2/3 more years.

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Well worth watching

SNL comes through.

"Juco" meaning "Junior College" is a word in Scrabble. "Ok", meaning "Ok" isn't.

is quarantined.

A professor at Fordham Law School assigned his Information Privacy Law class to compile all the details of Scalia's life. They made a dossier, which included his

home address, his home phone number, the movies he likes, his food preferences, his wife's personal e-mail address, and "photos of his lovely grandchildren.

I just thought it was funny. I believe that privacy amounts to more than Scalia does, and he was clearly discomforted by the dossier.

(And the prof's response.)

Yet another YouTube video. (This one involves sheep, not singers.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

In 2003, a soldier killed herself. Of course, we can never know why, but she refused to torture prisoners, was reprimanded and then killed herself a few days later, in September 2003.

more here

I'm getting physically sick reading about how we, as Americans, tortured. I've resolved to stop reading about it, but I really do not respect Obama right now. We need to have Bush, Cheney, etc. tried for war crimes.

This isn't politics. This is ethics. They tortured people for no reason, and if we do not put them on trial... I don't know. But it isn't the USA I signed up for, and believe in.

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Many have probably already seen this, but for those who haven't, this is worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Found on the net. Unknown source.

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

Dropping balls, with music.

http://balldroppings.com/js/

I'm not completely sure why the balls change size.

What is the point of the PUMA? Seriously - if they want something that small, they don't need to rely on computers so that it balances on two wheel - they could just put it on three wheels.

If you don't know what I'm talking about:
NY Times article

And on YouTube

Boston.com has a bunch of pictures of the erupting Mount Redoubt in Alaska.

I think this is my favorite.


Though the lightning ones are really cool.