THE JO-TEL … wishes it could remember how to change the banner picture.

Turd:
If Shark played baseball, stupid ESPN would call him N-Darg.
Thrill:
That would be true regardless of what sport he played, because sportscasters and players are uncreative nimrods.
Shark:
Whatever happened to the days of Sleepy Floyd and Refrigerator Perry? Also, you can’t let players come up with their own nicknames just because you lack the [...]

Via NPR, a story on what’s next for NASA that points out without a hint of irony (it would seem) that a member of the panel that recommended to Obama that NASA cancel Constellation is also the head of a rocket company:

“I think the most likely outcome is that the big rocket will be canceled, [...]

A summer evening.
A hurricane; suffering.
A city reborn.

Misleading headline graphic aside, this is an interesting piece from the NY Times. The basic gist of the Dutch physicist’s proposal is that gravity doesn’t exist as a force, per se, but rather it’s the perceived result of a more basic force.
-Thrill

Courtesy of Shark…

Annie (to Thrill’s pregnant sister): “…and your ruling planet is Jupiter.”
Thrill’s brother-in-law: “The big, gassy giant…”

Passion Pit’s new video for “Little Secrets” (off of this summer’s Manners) is pretty tight. It’s very clearly a nod to the classic “Stargate Sequence” from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s also a far cry from their previous videos, and – although I still prefer my Stargate Sequence with a little Pink Floyd [...]

Can’t. Stop. Laughing.
Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck
- Thrill

Now that it’s been two weeks, I guess I’ll write a post about what we did on Halloween this year…
The Crew made its way to Chicago for this year’s festivities, and it turned out to be even more of a party than (at least I) expected.
Ostensibly in town for Tello’s blow-out Chromeo/Crystal Castles/Boys [...]