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.
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Dick Clark, Entertainment Icon Nicknamed ‘America’s Oldest Teenager,’ Dies at 82
Wow – ironically, I assumed he was older than 82. I guess it’s because he was so young for so very long.
Justice for Cisco
APD officer drew his gun on me in my driveway when I came from my backyard to get something from my truck yesterday. He was responding to a domestic violence call and came to my address by mistake.
While I was at gunpoint my dog came from my backyard barking at the officer. I yelled for the officer to not shoot my dog, that he will not bite, but the officer immediately shot and killed my dog right in front of me.
I was unable to stop or restrain Cisco because I was being held at gunpoint.
This photo makes me smile and cry at the same time
Tokie Sakamoto reacts as she flips through an album of her family photographs, which were washed away by the tsunami, after receiving them from volunteer in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on February 20, 2012. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)
[via boston.com]
After nuclear disaster, a harsh winter for Fukushima’s abandoned pets
I am constantly horrified by “rules” that say you must leave your pets when you are evacuated from a disaster. I don’t care what anyone in “authority” says to me — Diego will be firmly in my grasp if I have to evacuate, along with any other pets in my neighborhood.
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Democratic Operative’s Cat Slaughtered, ‘Liberal’ Painted On Corpse
And the conservatives are the ones who whine about being “threatened” for voicing their hatred.