Some people just have too much free time.
(She does have a butterface, BTW.)

John Noble Wilford writes in the NY Times:

Given the monumental surroundings, Dr. Parker Pearson said, “one has to assume anyone buried there had some good credentials.”

Of course there are issues with it, but “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” at #12?  How are we supposed to take this list seriously?

Kellogg, citing consumer interest, is bringing Hydrox cookies back for a limited time.  I smell another cookie experiment.

They’re trying to get into Guinness with the most software downloads in 24 hours when Firefox 3 comes out.  I’ve been using RC1 for a week now and will download 3 when it it’s released.  No date yet.

Update: Date announced…June 17th.

Close-Up Photo: Oatmeal

Close up photo of oatmeal

His idea makes a lot of sense, and that’s exactly why a candidate won’t do it—not as a campaign promise at least.  The American people don’t want what’s best for them, they want what’s easiest and least disruptive to them now.

Glad to see they still have the same problems as us on Earth.  I would’ve thought that the whole zero gravity thing would have helped to prevent situations like that.

Update: It’s been fixed.

Close-Up Photo: Meat Tenderizer

Close up photo of a meat tenderizer

But only for those whose child was severely injured or killed in this months earthquake.  That’s nice of them.

From NASA’s press release:

NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm.

Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes earlier. The signals took that long to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light.

Close-Up Photo: Blueberries

Close up photo of blueberries.

Reminds me of the great Memorial Day photo that Anthony Suau won a Pulitzer for.  I could stare at it for hours.

Note: The only copy of it that I could find online is very small and does not do it justice.

Oh my.  I think I had a dream about this once. (via)

“There can be only two”