OK, how many here got this big warning speech in grade school about the kid who stuck his head out the bus window and then got decapitated by a pole?

I got this one. In fact, my mother's cousin *did* lose an arm sticking out the car window, which I'm afraid I found rather funny at 10, because I'd already been told a number of "don't stick body parts out of the car" urban legends before she told us about him.

First Space Lawyer Graduates

A student at the University of Mississippi will leap into the final frontier of the legal system Saturday when he receives the first-ever space law certificate in the United States.

Michael Dodge of Long Beach, Calif., earned the special distinction along with his law degree through the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law at the university's law school.

"The professors and personnel here are the highest quality that can be found anywhere in the world, and I have learned from them the necessary skills I will need to effectively practice space law," Dodge said in a statement. "Ole Miss is, simply put, the space law expert, and anyone wishing practice in this field should get their legal education here."

Any future space lawyer might have to deal with issues ranging from the fallout over satellite shoot-downs to legal disputes between astronauts onboard the International Space Station. The expanding privatization of the space sector may also pose new legal challenges.

The secret lives of stormtroopers

Active SWM seeks SF, any species, for friendship and more. Likes long walks on the beach, dogs, building birdhouses for the blind, cooking for two, xylophone waltzes, styrofoam, cylinders and sports. Rebel chicks need not respond.

I like the one of the stormtrooper baking Christmas cookes.

Nice sheep guarding boys

why does the phone ring off the hook when my boss is not here?

So the shelf above the toilet strikes again. This morning, I accidentally flushed a bottle of Lancome moisturizer.

I have trained myself to keep the toilet lid down because I am such a fumble-fingers in the morning that I've dunked everything from allergy pills to jewelry to my toothbrush.

There's only so much indignity I can stand before coffee.

So what are people doing this weekend?

I'm getting my hair cut, deep cleaning at least one room, and catching up on my sleep.

My mother accidentally flushed a deoderant container that way.

It resulted in them having to get a new toilet.

(It got wedged, they had to call a plumber. In the process of unseating the toilet, the bowl cracked.)

So I've rarely had occasion to use a fax machine until today. I fell into that experience gap where it was more efficacious to hand deliver./post or email. Weird. Anyway, did you know that if you ship anything less than $1600 to Canada (not sure if that is US or CDN) it is delivered before it clears customs? As in, the item was delivered, and has since been returned to us, a WEEK ago and it is only now clearing customs US to Canada today.

I have also tried to keep the toilet lid down since I hit a bottle of contact solution that was on the toilet back as I was flushing, so it was immediately flushed so that it lodged just out of reach. I was having a party. I had an out of town visitor. The plumber had to take the toilet apart.

I am also getting my hair cut, going to the farmer's market and the open house of the local public gardens, going to a friend's apartment warming/birthday party, and I will have to tidy the house at some point. And do some gardening if it's not raining.