I kind of wanted to stop watching Eastwick, but then they cast one of my old friends from college, Jason George

he'd charged us for the order and reorder AND gave himself a 50% tip

Jesus, I hope he got fired too.

I was supposed to be watching Eastwick too, because a friend's on it, but I just couldn't get over the lameness of the trailers. Is this guy getting a lot of screentime?

The BBC does Five Minutes With Sesame Street: [link]

I thought it was very cute.

Most of the rest of the time, I do 20%. 15% if it's just lame, not malicious or stupid.

This. There are exceptions on the plus side for super service or if I had a great day and feel like paying it forward. The crap tip is when the server really needs to consider a new career. That is very rare.

David Schwartz linked video of baby red pandas on FB yesterday - I thought that it should be linked here too due to the lethal cuteness.

Slice of bread shuts down LHC. Seriously. Slice of bread.

The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator has, according to the Register, shut down the whole operation.

The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine.

And in the comments thread FTW:

The bird's briefing:

The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.

Heh. A different blog also made the "maneuver down this trench" joke.

Also, shoes are apparently recession-proof.

So I think I'll open a shoe store.

Does the bird's briefing include anything about the force being strong?

I have officially dubbed today "Crank It Out Friday". That is in addition to the regular standing "Attitude Friday" that my boss is oh so fond of. The person I work with on about half my job will be out for a week starting next Thursday. Wednesday is a holiday (bless). And I think I have to be sick on Tuesday as mac has a halfday and none of his childcare options are covering it. So today, right after thispost, I will begin Cranking It Out. Please shoo me away if I show up too often.

ION - I am a little confused how so many news outlets were wrongfully reporting that the Ft. Hood shooter was dead. And it seems that news stories today have actually LESS info on the events than they did yesterday, everyuthing has shifted to info on the shooter, rather than the event.