Dust Devils Roam the Suface of Mars

Family-friendly fun from another world (from NASA).

Nice Gas Station Bathroom?!

When a friend's car broke down, and was pushed to a Mobil brand gas station in Calabasas,
I used their restroom; it was unnaturally well decorated... and clean:



(photos taken by David Lawrence).

Flash: Cake - Comfort Eagle

A music video for the Cake song. The audio is the highlight of this video. It's family-friendly (from Albino Blacksheep).

Meme Fight:

I think it's possible that violent Islamic fundamentalism is a set of memes that are not evolutionarily stable strategies. It's possible that people who subscribe to that set of memes not only can experience Western (e.g., US and EU) culture as a threat, but may resort to violence because they can't beat the Western memes with their own memes.

Amazon Shorts

Amazon is now selling downloadable short stories.

Fake News: Grieving Bush Protester Has No Exit Strategy

Cindy Sheehan, the protester whose son died fighting for freedom in Iraq, today acknowledged that she has no exit strategy for getting out of what some have called the quagmire in Crawford outside of the Texas ranch of President George Bush

(from ScrappleFace).

Summer Moon Illusion

Step outside any evening at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant moon rising in the east. It looks like Earth's moon, round and cratered; the Man in the Moon is in his usual place. But something's wrong. This full moon is strangely inflated. It's huge! You've just experienced the Moon Illusion

(from NASA).