This series of tweets from questlove (drummer of the Roots) cracked my shit up:

i pray that obama is using the "mj taking attention away" pass to do what bush did whenever he used a ruse to push his agendas forward.

now is the PERFECT time for the health care reform, i'd wait til friday when the service starts at neverland----

if the jacksons allow open casket and a weekend viewing i'm certain obama can also end the war as well.

I love that guy.

Oh, such a bad pun!

But it's a kitten, so it can be forgiven.

This can't end well....

Japanese scientists to breed 'super tuna'

Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans.

The tuna - stocks of which are in global decline - would be raised in farms to meet surging demand around the world for the traditional Japanese delicacy.

A team from Japan’s Fisheries Research Agency, The University of Tokyo and Kyushu University is close to completing the genome sequence of the bluefin tuna to unravel the secrets of the chemical building blocks of the fish and expects to be able to start a breeding programme next year.

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“We plan to use the sequence to establish a breeding programme for bluefin tuna as most aquaculture farmers presently use wild juveniles,” he said. “We want to establish a complete aquaculture system that will produce fish that have good strength, are resistant to disease, grow quickly and taste delicious.”

Stocks of tuna have declined by as much as 90 per cent in some waters and the World Wildlife Fund has warned that the Atlantic bluefin will have been wiped out within three years unless radical measures are taken to protect stocks.

In June, celebrities including Sting, Jemima Khan and Elle Macpherson signed a letter to Japanese chef Nobu, operator of the upmarket restaurant that is part-owned by Robert De Niro, vowing to boycott the chain.

“It is astounding lunacy to serve up endangered species for sushi,” wrote Stephen Fry. “There is no justification for peddling extinction, yet that is exactly what Nobu is doing in restaurants around the world.”

Discussions are presently under way in the Spanish city of San Sebastian on how to protect tuna species, with environmental groups demanding tougher quotas and the European Union proposing reducing tuna fleets.

Came home, opened the door, petted the Eval Ones, noticed feathers, looked behind the door, and yup, there was the dead birdy with its face chewed off.

I love that they put it right in front of the front door, but they failed to take into account that I wasn't already inside the apartment.

How Women Will Be Hurt by Gay Marriage

This is the first time in ages it is a good idea to read the comments.

Also, why do toilet stalls open in?

To save space and minimize concussions. If they opened outward, you'd need more floorpsace for other people to get past. And you'd still have to expect that someone's going to take a door to the face occasionally.

My kooky coworker in Santa Barbara is all worked up about the number of people who will want to stop off there in between LA and Neverland....

I am home and trying to shake off my crappy week, before starting what should be a good weekend.

I have an hour before I have to pick up mac and all I see around the house is all the stuff I didn't get done this week I was "off"

Hmmmm, "Super Tuna" - Scifi Classic Movie or perhaps a new Cartoon Hero?

Hmmmm, "Super Tuna" - Scifi Classic Movie or perhaps a new Cartoon Hero?

Mantuna?

Ceiling porn

Worksafe....

"mosteiro dos jerónimos, lisbon" is my fave....