RT @sarahickman: The girl silenced the world @ U.N. for 5 min: http://t.co/T32BvLit She’s 20 now. Will adults finally, follow her lead?

RT @sarahickman: The girl silenced the world @ U.N. for 5 min: http://t.co/T32BvLit
She’s 20 now. Will adults finally, follow her lead?

James Doohan’s remains successfully launched into orbit

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/with-spacex-launch-remains-of.html

James Doohan’s remains were successfully launched into orbit on the second stage rocket of the SpaceX mission yesterday.

Word of the Day

This weekend I found a collection of letters in a dumpster by the park:
T N S I A L O A R P B X O C R
But what to do with them?
How about a little amusement that could last as long as a few years, judging by the number of words that can be created from those letters. Tune in here every day and view the live cam to see what the Word of the Day is.

(You know I’ll get bored with this in a few weeks, right?)

Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22

http://t.co/C663LU4V

Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: £200.
Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless.
(via @pocahontasshole)

Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in false barcode scheme involving Lego toys

…”loss prevention” officers at the Target on Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino had never seen anyone take an interest in bar codes quite like Thomas Langenbach, a top Silicon Valley executive with the global software giant SAP. Prosecutors charged Monday that Langenbach used the tools of his trade — computer codes and the Internet — to steal a Santa’s workshop worth of Lego toys. They say Langenbach brought his own bar code stickers to the store, used them to cover up the real ones, and then purchased his plastic prey at enormous discounts. [Mercury News]

Ah, the perfidy that lurks in the closets of the rich and powerful.