Shuttle Columbia has been lost durring reentry.

Update: That is now confirmed by NASA. A large explosion has been reported in the Dallas FtW area. NASA is saying to say away from any wreckage found.

TURN ON THE TV, RIGHT NOW, ANY CHANNEL

I have a small mirror of the first episode. Email me for the details. But their server should be back up to speed by now.

THE ANIMATRIX

Check out Bubb Rubb and L'il Sis talkin bout whistlers.

Humor, on so many levels

] -- After all these years, who do you still enjoy
] simulating sex on?
] KEVIN I make love with, not on. I would say Dave,
] just because we know each other so well. Hopefully,
] he said me.
] DAVE I can't remember a single scene where I ever
] had to hump or be humped.... My wife. I prefer faking
] sex with her.
] MARK Dave's a little dry. If you hump him, he'll just
] sort of freeze like a deer. But everyone else will
] give it back to you.
] SCOTT Oh, Bruce. Well, actually it's Kevin. Bruce is
] the best one to have actual sex with. Kevin's the
] best to have virtual sex with.

Just a quick interview with the guys about their current and upcoming projects. IMO they are still funny.

Entertainment Weekly's EW.com | Interview: The Kids in the Hall answer some silly questions

] ''One afternoon while he was napping on the couch as I
] read a book, he played out a scene more awful than
] anything I had ever seen or heard. He rolled off the
] couch and hit the floor. Normally, a fall to the floor
] would have awakened him. But instead he began roaring
] like a wounded wild animal. I sat in my chair frozen with
] fear as I watched the unbelievable scene unfold. He
] roared, he crouched, he pounced and finally crawled into
] a space between the couch and the wall, as if in a den or
] lair. When I was able to speak I shouted to awaken him.
] He could not believe my description of what had just
] happened, even though he was surprised to find himself on
] the floor.''

This was a very interesting read about sleep disorders. Some of them are really amazing to say the least.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Deer

] Mr Byrnes has studied five cases of DVD rot - four in his
] own collection - and suspects the microscopic corrosion
] spots on the aluminium layer inside the disc could be
] caused by a "chemical attack", possibly related to the
] glue used.
]
] One DVD website lists 18 titles known to have at least
] one bad batch, among them Planet of the Apes (1968), Men
] in Black: Collectors Edition, Independence Day and the
] Alien Legacy box set.

A bad case of DVD rot eats into movie collections - smh.com.au

] Fifteen minutes after the expected landing time, and with
] no word from the shuttle, NASA announced that search and
] rescue teams were being mobilized in Dallas and Fort
] Worth areas.
]
] NASA, while not saying the shuttle had exploded, broken
] up or crashed, warned that any debris found in the area
] should be avoided and could be hazardous.

CNN.com - Shuttle landing in question - Feb. 1, 2003

Most alarmingly, an examination of the research that has been conducted so far into TIA reveals that even while the project has been charging ahead, only token attention has been paid to perhaps its most critical aspect -- privacy and civil liberties protection. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is taking the lead on TIA, has stymied the efforts of outside groups to find out more about TIA's protections.

Scary update on what's happening here - good to see that Congress is concerned about constitutionality and privacy, bad to see that the administration is still trying to side-step those checks and balances.

Total Information Awareness: Down, but not out

Children's Books That Will Never Be Published:

"You Are Different and That's Bad"
"Dad's New Wife Timothy"
"Pop! Goes The Hamster....And Other Great Microwave Games"
"Testing Homemade Parachutes Using Household Pets"
"The Hardy Boys, the Barbie Twins, and the Vice Squad"
"Babar Meets the Taxidermist"
"Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence"
"The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables"
"Start a Real-Estate Empire With the Change From Your Mom's Purse"
"The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy"
"Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will"
"The Care Bears Maul Some Campers and are Shot Dead"
"How to Become The Dominant Military Power In Your Elementary School"
"You Were an Accident"
"Strangers Have the Best Candy"
"The Little Sissy Who Snitched"
"Some Kittens Can Fly!"
"Getting More Chocolate on Your Face"
"Where Would You Like to Be Buried?"
"Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her"
"The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of
North Amer- Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!"
"All Dogs Go to Hell"
"The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking"
"Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia"
"What Is That Dog Doing to That Other Dog?"
"Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Become Friends"
"Controlling the Playground: Respect through Fear"
"Daddy Drinks Because You Cry"
"Bi-Curious George"

We all need a bit of humor in our lives

Stolen from a posting on Slashdot.

1. A tremor in the pants. The last time I felt this was in the presence of my old master.

2. You are unwise to lower your pants.

3. We've got to be able to get some reading on those pants, up or down.

4. She must have hidden the plans in her pants. Send a detachment down to retrieve them. See to it personally Commander.

5. These pants may not look like much, kid, but they've got it where it counts.

6. I find your lack of pants disturbing.

7. These pants contain the ultimate power in the Universe. I suggest we use it.

8. Han will have those pants down. We've got to give him more time!

9. General Veers, prepare your pants for a surface assault.

10. I used to bulls-eye womp-rats in my pants back home.

11. TK-421. . . Why aren't you in your pants?

12. Lock the door. And hope they don't have pants.

13. Governor Tarkin. I recognized your foul pants when I was brought on board.

14. You look strong enough to pull the pants off of a Gundark.

15. Luke. . . Help me take...these pants off.

16. Great, Chewie, great. Always thinking with your pants.

17. That blast came from those pants. That thing's operational!

18. Don't worry. Chewie and I have gotten into a lot of pants more heavily guarded than this.

19. Maybe you'd like it back in your pants, your highness.

20. Your pants betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for your sister!

21. Jabba doesn't have time for smugglers who drop their pants at the first sign of an Imperial Cruiser.

22. Yeah, well short pants is better than no pants at all, Chewie.

23. Attention. This is Lando Calrissean. The Empire has taken control of my pants, I advise everyone to leave before more troops arrive.

24. I cannot teach him. The boy has no pants.

25. You came in those pants? You're braver than I thought.

25 Lines From Star Wars that can be improved if you substitute the word 'Pants'