Can we predict that the child will eventually become a lawyer? "You will go to law school, you will pass the bar, and you will be a lawyer." She proceeds to tell one variant of the "I took and passed the bar while in labor, two hours before I gave birth to YOU" story. And how about this: "No, you may not go to ___ State or any 'state' school."

Eh, I liked it.

He's been catching fish since 4AM!

Conspiracy Theory #3: The mistakes are Freudian.

Hai Wei as "Highway": Hurry up, your bus is leaving.
Stephanie as "Estefoni": She's Latina.0
Alexis as "A-Lexus": Nice car.
Elise as "Felice": What a happy young lady.
Katy as "Heini": Nice heinie.

Conspiracy theory #1: The baristas are having a laugh. Best 'interpretation' without a customer complaint wins half the tips.

Conspiracy theory #2: Starbucks coffee contains volatile petroleum by-products (but why???) which adversely affects the baristas' cognitive abilities.

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I like "Hai Wei" as "Highway" best. S/he could have a gonzo journo show on cable (like CNN): It's My Way with Hai Wei. McLaughlin Group format.

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I have an aunt who labeled my Christmas gifts "Polly".

Truly neato. Like watching a poor man's NASA film, but it's not bad at all! Best one (IMO): 1:14. Happy 4th!

The Matrix!

If nothing is found through the rectal route, they repeat the test via the oral route. That's my dad's joke.

Over at Jalopnik, check out the comment section for the same video with music (Yakkity Sax and Let's Get It On). Your LOL for the day.

http://jalopnik.com/5814529/the-strangest-racing-crash-youll-ever-see

The pieces fit together? I'll need proof.

He wanted to work on the small big rigs. Or big small rigs.

Now *this* is how TOS should be presented. I now know the TOS.

If a maneater comes by, can I hide in the whale shark? Would he let me? Because that's what I'd be trying. Great picture.

Here's the list:

* Roald Dahl, Matilda
* V.S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas
* Ezra Pound, Hugh Selwyn Bauberley
* T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
* Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
* Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
* Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
* J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

This is made of paper. And skill and love. Those, too.

SnatchaFatCable: I'm not even an artist, and I think I know that if you're going to do art in any medium, you (should) never think about the limits of the medium but your own mind. Ka-pow!

I just know that I don't have the patience to discover what it takes to make a work like this. So, mind blown, a little.

"Orbiter, let's go ahead with system check for EVA.........Orbiter?......Orbiter?!"

"Uh?...Yeah, just...one...second...O..K...There! You were saying, Houston?"

Meanwhile, somewhere on Planet Earth: "[Facebook] Going EVA - I can see your house from here! w00t!"