Random

cf_but_sane might be of interest to some people on my f'list. Thank kageneko and pal(s) for it.

Also, amusing IRC conversation about Lisa Nowak, the astronaut charged with attempted murder (which is, of course, local news here, being 1. Astronaut country and 2. where it happened.)

srakkt you know why the denied her bail?
srakkt so she couldn't escape on the shuttle!
srakkt *ba-dum-bum*
geminigirl Hee.
geminigirl It's local news here, it's finally replaced the tornadoes as the top story
srakkt There's no extradition treaty with the Mooninites, you see.


(For those of you who usually follow my exploits on freenode, this was on EFNet.)

More stuff in the news

The proposed legislation from the equal marriage group Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance. This is an interesting tactic which may help demonstrate how ridiculous marriage legislation can be.

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And finally, there are the Snickers ads, which aired during the Super Bowl in the US, which have garnered some attention. A good summary is here.


You can view the ads and the videos of NFL players reacting to it, on YouTube.

Links:

Commercial 1-Motor Oil
Commercial 2-Love Boat
Commercial 3-Wrench
Reactions, part 1
Reactions, part 2