There's been a Mr Wizard marathon on the Science Channel (formerly the Discovery Channel) since last night. The episodes are obviously circa 1950, which made me wonder how long he'd been on the air. I wonder no more. What a fun show.

I don't know how he got to my second-story window ledge, but I had a little squirrel friend visit me this morning (sorry about the fuzziness, the stupid screen obscured him).
Sooooooooo cute.

The mayor of London is on my cool list today.

"Parents who use four-wheel drive vehicles to take their children to city schools were tonight branded “idiots” by London Mayor Ken Livingstone.
...
“When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think ‘You are a complete idiot’.
“These are not cars which people should be using in London. They’re bad for London and they’re totally unnecessary. They’re largely a status symbol. If you’ve got that much money to spend, you could spend it on a better holiday. I would.”"

I would, too.

Interesting site that gives a prediction of how you'd like a movie based on your ratings of movies you've seen. Pretty interesting, though I didn't test the results too, too much.

(geez, I'm really tired and I can't remember or find what site I found this on...)

This is exactly how Tech is. I don't think Tech girls deserve the bad rep for being ugly or for having TBS. But there really aren't many girls here, and I've seen a few dogs having their day...

(BTW, the costume in that second picture is so She-Ra, Princess of Power, not "Chiana" as they want to claim)

Robots protest in Madison. And to think, I could've ended up there for next year. UIowa better get stocked up on their crazy pills.

(link courtesy of boing-boing)

Student escapes the long arm of Darwin.

Weird story from FARK. I don't understand the logic of the redemption theory (if there is any), but it is interesting... I think the redemption theory is one of those "theories" that give Theories a bad rep.

I got an awesome purse for my birthday, from none other than Lisa, the coolest present buyer. The designer makes such cute stuff! Don't buy anything, I'm getting it all and you can't copy me.

(yes I'm a sucker for retro stuff and kitties, so I was a pushover at this site).

Sometimes I wish I had friends. If I did, I could do fun things like join a race-ists club or play pac-man-atlanta (a la Pac-Manhattan).

New reality TV low?? Announcing a new low in reality television is like announcing a new high for gas prices... in less than a week, the record is broken.

I do kinda want to watch... except that bad singing is the main reason I don't watch American Idol. I don't see what the commotion is about though, just a little purposeful deception.
(link courtesy of FARK)

The new image at the top of the page is Herky the Hawkeye (or just the hawk?) of Iowa. He's on parade in his various incarnations.

Iowa was fun, though their mascot could use some personality. I'll keep Aubie as my favorite.

I'm leaving tomorrow for Iowa with 3 X K. In case you're not familiar with that state, here's a map. Yeah, you're not the only who didn't know where it was.

"PacManhattan is a live-action version of PacMan, played around Washington Square Park, in which people in Pac Man and ghost suits chase each other through the streets, seeking out power-pellets."

Awesome. Go see the pictures.

(link courtesy of boing-boing)

I love vending machines. If I weren't so anti-flying, I'd go straight to Japan to see these machines for myself.

I figured out who the voices from "The End of the World" sound like... Group X. The white boys from an Atlanta suburb who perform as middle eastern rappers. Yeah, it's weird. They threw cheese sandwiches into the audience when I saw them on campus... anyway. You can hear their work in Mario Twins (I don't think they had anything to do with the animation).

"WTF, mate?" Funny flash illustration of the end of the world. Seems like I've heard that voice before, can anyone place it? Funny, funny.

(link courtesy of Margaret, who should have a blog)

I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I've got my plastic Jesus riding on the dashboard of my car.

(link courtesy of metafilter)

By the way, Iron Chef America with Alton Brown was good. Alton didn't lose any respect from me, but I still probably won't watch Iron Chef unless there's nothing else on.

And while I'm reviewing entertainment items, let me just say that I loved 13 Going on 30. Jennifer Garner came off pretty lame in her MTV diary, so I was prepared to be annoyed by her, but I absolutely loved her character in the movie. And the love interest? He's got that nerdy-hot thing going that we all know I fall for every time.

But don't expect much from the movie, it's just a romantic comedy, after all. If you prepare yourself by thinking it's going to suck, you'll be fine.

If you're a Jump, Little Children fan, but not a big Jump, Little Children fan, you may not know that they have a new album out. Although Jump and I are estranged right now, I still might pick up a copy, as I like a few of the new songs.

I realize now that I should've gone to the last Atlanta concert. For old times sake. Oh well.