That was cool. It was surreal watching this while the radio station I am listening to was playing "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC.

Anybody else remember the sitcom (I think from the late '70's here in the US) about a company that figured out how to get the junk off the moon and sell it as scrap here on earth? It may have only lasted a season or less.

Does anybody remember the show's name?

I think the best band name is "Strawberry Alarm Clock"--and I would like to know how they came up with that name (and since it is a 60's band, I imagine illicit drugs were involved).

In case you don't know, their only hit was "Incense and Peppermint"--real trippy, man.

For me, she reminded me of the singer Meat Loaf: has the ability to scare young children, but has a beautiful voice.

I will have to look for a CD of her in the future.

#2 reminds me of the great song "Rippy the Gator" by the Arrogant Worms.

Link to lyrics: http://www.lyricstime.com/arrogant-worms-rippy-the-gator-lyrics.html (thanks, Google)

Link to some site that has the song streamed: http://www.imeem.com/djessie/music/FHJ2snU0/arrogant-worms-rippy-the-gator/ (again, thanks Google)

I do not know these links, so use them with care; the second one starts playing automatically.

I think the next music trivia should be about the Arrogant Worms, by the way.

Of course, one can not forget the urinals made for women back in the 60's / 70's. The university I went to had some--but they were now in the men's rooms.

These urinals stuck pretty far out from the wall with the intention that the woman would squat slightly over it to urinate. Of course, the designers thought women would be wearing skirts/dresses, thus making it pretty easy to use. Unfortunately for the designers, about the time these urinals came out, women started to wear jeans/pants and the idea died.

At the zoo I volunteer at, for a while we had what were called "rainbow jellies", and when the light from above their tank shone through them, their whole body looked like the tentacles of this one. It was incredibly cool.

The ones we had were similar to this one: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0LlKkQ7nRJI/RzHGuYZXfnI/AAAAAAAAAoU/-UVEc4kUzXE/s400/periphylla48_500.jpg
but were much cooler looking.

Woogie (at #8)--my beef with them is not their size, but their apparent lack of desire to do something than suck off the taxpayers.

I have seen many obese people have productive lives in the computer science field (programmers, analysts), as well as other office jobs like accounting. Surely they could find a job IF they wanted to.

Cole--if they did that, a lot of politicians would lose their voter base.

Gail and firehazrd--I would agree if Congress will admit to the truth: that late last year they agreed to let AIG issue these bonuses. Now they want the bonuses returned? That's a good definition of hypocrisy.

Also, I would feel better about the current Congress witch hunt if the President and members of Congress who got money from AIG (campaign money--like Barney Frank) returned it as well.

Also, keep in mind that these bonuses were to keep certain people at AIG until a certain date, not reward them for some previous action.

I like the fact that part of it was filmed in Rural Valley, PA. I think my Grandfather was mayor of the town at the time.

That is the main reason I have this film on DVD.

chrome-- a little fixated on the movie "The Freshman," are we?

Marissa - perhaps not knowing the status of the bird in the wild, the person buying it only wanted to feed his family. Not everyone has access to information to determine if the food they are about to eat is endangered, or they do not have a choice ("let's see--I can buy this and eat it, or I can starve...")

Reminds me of the Tes-Tape I had to use in the 70's and early 80's. With Tes-Tape, you urinated on it, and the sugars in your urine would change the color of the tape. After about 30 seconds - 1 minute, you compared the color of the tape to a chart on the Tes-Tape container to determine about what your blood sugar was. Yes, I know--it was a SWAG, but it was the best thing we had until the blood glucose monitors had home-use models.

I wonder if there is a power consumption and, if so, how that power will be replaced.

Also, I will wait to get this until it can be as accurate as my glucose monitor. For instance--"oh, my tattoo is yellow; how much insulin should I give to get it into the 'funny orangey' zone and not dip into the purple?"

It is a good concept though. In the meantime, I will continue using my glucose monitor, or try to get the thing that attaches to my stomach and broadcasts my blood sugar to my insulin pump every 15 minutes (MiniMed/Medtronic engineering).

Mr. Obama as Mr. Lincoln? I think it is funny how a Democratic president wants to model the first Republican president. And how people compare the two is kind of funny as well.

Well, once he starts doing something, we will see if Mr. Obama is worthy of being compared to Mr. Lincoln.

Actually, I looked the book "The Princess Bride" better than the movie--except at the end. The movie had a much better ending than the book.

You need to read the book to understand why Fred Savage and Peter Falk were in it. and why is a funny story.

It looked like she lobbed (or is it loft?) the ball; if so, then that strike did not count--at least that was the rule at most of the bowling alleys I have been to.

If this is true, that is definitely kicking a person when they are down.