-27 degrees Farenheit here.

Holy shit.

From The Twitter: Today is Buffy's 30th birthday.

Aw!

38 degrees here, should climb into the mid-40s. It's a very gray and damp cold, though.

We just had Penguin Appreciation Day, right? Guess what we're supposed to appreciate today? Fucking squirrels!

Squirrel Appreciation Day Is January 21 (PHOTOS)

Oh dear god.

Hubert Blackman Says Hooker Did Not Spend Enough Time With Him, Sues For $1.8M

A college student claims he was traumatized by a underwhelming session with a Las Vegas prostitute -- and now he's suing her escort service for distress caused by the "tragic event."

Hubert Blackman, originally of New York, would like his $275 payment to Las Vegas Exclusive Personals back, according to court documents, as well as a $1.8 million verdict.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, Blackman was vacationing in Vegas in December when he ordered a stripper to come to his hotel room. There, the stripper performed a $155 lap dance and a $120 sex act. But then things took a turn for the bizarre.

The Sun continues:

[Blackman] said that the next morning, he called Las Vegas Exclusive Personals to demand his money back, saying he was dissatisfied because the entertainer didn't stay for the promised one hour and left after a half hour.

Blackman said he also told the company he was incapable of making an informed agreement with the stripper because he was drunk at the time.

When the company refused to refund Blackman's money, he called the cops, who threatened to bust him for prostitution.

Blackman told the Sun he didn't know that the act was illegal in Vegas.

eta: It's been a while since I had my business law class, but contracts to perform illegal activities are unenforceable.

Modernist furniture for your cat.

Giant Crayfish found in Tennessee. (SyFy Classic of the future?)

Champion mare Miesque has died. (Well, she was 27.) A champion racehorse and a good broodmare.

eta: It's been a while since I had my business law class, but contracts to perform illegal activities are unenforceable.

I can see how he may have thought that since prostitution is legal in Nevada under certain circumstances (clearly not this one), he was okay. He's an idiot for trying to sue, but not a complete idiot.

I don't get people. Here's a really sweet story, and some commenters seem to be trying to take away from it that the kid's mother is mean, or that Mark Kelly is mean. Does there have to be negative outrage on everything?

He's an idiot for trying to sue, but not a complete idiot.

3/4 idiot? I mean, he's asking for over a mil because of not enough sex. Even if it was legal, I'd still think he was stupid.

Here's another nice kid story. [link] also a dog playing a piano [link]

So, all the construction here is mostly done, but annoying stuff still happens. Just now I went to the bathroom. After I closed the door I discovered the door handle had been removed, so I was locked in the bathroom. After a few minutes, a construction guy got the door open for me.

Ugh, ita. I hope you can sleep some over the weekend, and that getting through today is easier than it seems right now.

Speaking of which, It's Friday--what are people doing this weekend?