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Happy birthday, Aimee!  You take mamahood to new levels of kickassitude, you don't take bullshit (either personal or in the world at large) lying down, you know how to make me laugh when I'm crying...You are hands-down no-holds-barred the rulingest!

from Modern Times:
"July's debut collection of short stories is a startling, sexy, and tender collection. 'These stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, profound,' says author Dave Eggers. July explores the hearts and minds of characters who are desperate for human connection but don't know how to find it—or what to do when it actually happens."
I still haven't seen Me and You and Everyone We Know.

Some of my stream-of-consciousness from the most excellent Dinosaur Jr. show at Slim's last night:
Dudes.  Dudes in flannel.  Dude in an unironic Rush t-shirt.  Wow that's sure a wall of amps.  J, completely grey!  Where are the tokers?  Oh there they are.  Those kids in Awesome Color are cute, but they could learn a thing or two from Dinosaur Jr.  God I love Lou Barlow.

Science Thursday:
Lab logs fake-blood breakthrough | Live Science | Daily Mail |
Record nerds for the digital age | Wired | Slashdot |

Won't somebody think of the children?!
Stephen Colbert takes on the blatant and appalling liberal bias of institutions of higher learning.