Thankfully, they’re giving the Hubble an upgrade instead of letting it fall out of the sky. Sure, by now we can build a better telescope, but why take down the one that’s brought us so many incredible images?

Good news for drinkers today:
British scientists grow human liver in lab
Moderate drinking may improve your memory
Drink up everybody… apparently you can buy a new liver by the time you’ll need it.

Also in the medical science field:
A new male contraceptive pill with no side effects? I’m skeptical as usual.
Some guy tries out sports-enhancing drugs for a while. Interesting, but long.

Sonic Fabric - featuring the playable dress that Jon Fishman wore one night. (Drummer for Phish.)

This weekend, I’m moving in to my new place! Wish me luck on trash-picking some nice furniture.

Oh yeah, and Happy Halloween. I “observed” the holiday on Saturday night, when I went to a costume party as “that guy” - the guy with the lampshade on his head, a bedsheet toga, and no regrets. I also brought a guitar to play annoying songs, which, at least for me, was the highlight of the party. Then again, I was That Guy.

Long ago, in a land called Fort W, we theorized about camping in concrete tubes that were amongst the junkyard… now they’ve made those babies into hotel rooms! We were SO ahead of our time.

Oakland is ranked the 8th most dangerous city… Cleveland’s #7. Also, both Columbus and Youngstown made the top 10 in their population group.

Dudes and dudettes, I got a job today. It’s with a web/video internet startup, so I won’t be stuck doing the same thing all the time, which is good. I start training tomorrow at 11am.

Anyway, I wanted to pass this along because it’s been a while since I made a post on here. I’ve also been looking at lots of apartments and houses, and at the moment I’m waiting to hear back about 4 of them (3 from the same landlady). The one I really hope to get is an old Victorian house converted into apartments… high ceilings… big windows… and even a back yard! That’s amazing out here… believe me.

Here are two things I found today… hope you enjoy them.

Monkey portraits.

US bans Vegemite.

Condi lets the world know we’d back any military action taken against North Korea. I think she needs to keep in mind that we have all of about 7 military persons NOT deployed in Iraq right now. So yeah, look out North Korea, we’re sending 7 desk-jockeys your way.

It’s always nice to see Bush’s approval rating fully submerged in the toilet. Enjoy.

Unfortunately, the jerk managed to sign into law a bill outlining the acceptable methods of torture to be used by the CIA. It also essentially legalized rendition, and a complete lack of rights for any “enemy combatants.”

It looks like Google Earth is extremely useful for archaeologists searching for sites to dig at. I’d say it would work even better if we could get some more high-res imagery for the less-populated portions of the earth. I still want to see dwellings on North Sentinel Island, for example.

A list of the most expensive things.

Since Book Zoo may reopen its doors soon, here’s some library porn. I know two dudes who will get a rise out of this.

Now, on to the videos.

We were just talking about this: postal carriers who keep mail in their home. We thought it was a myth… the carrier who tries to protect the people on his route from junk mail. This guy died and left behind a good deal of mail, and some of it wasn’t junk. Watch the video on CNN.

This is a pretty wicked commercial for a TV, featuring paint explosions all over an abandoned apartment complex. It took 10 days to film, and 5 days to clean up!

A rideable, mechanical tiger sculpture. Freaky. It’s like HeMan’s battlecat after a triple bypass and a couple of car accidents.

Watch this 5-year-old Indian girl rollerskate under a whole bunch of cars! Man, that is incredible… not to mention, very helpful in rush hour traffic.

I don’t usually like to post random info about celebrities, but this news story about Bill Murray is pretty hilarious. He always seemed down to earth… and I guess he is.

Origins of band names. I didn’t know Jane’s Addiction was referring to a prostitute named Jane who called it her addiction! (Of course, some of these are speculatory.)

Comedian Steven Wright is going to do his first TV special in 16 years. I really dig that guy.

Willie Nelson travels with a LOT of dope.

Still looking for the perfect Halloween costume? Why not be a dirty hippie?

Beer golf flash game.

Sailing simulator, courtesy of National Geographic.

For possibly no other reason than the fact it’s Friday the 13th, I finally finished posting the final Miranda’s Moon album, Weirdo, on the website. That’s right… free of charge, you can have your very own copy of it.

Go get it!

Our top story today… Mr. Ed was a fucking zebra?! My whole world is crumbling before me.

Floyd Landis makes his case against the doping charges. Buddy, I still believe you didn’t do it. Even if everyone laughs at me down the road after we find out you did… I’m on your side.

A jobless man close to retirement age decided he’d rather be in jail than out of work for the next three years, so he robbed a bank and waited for the cops. It worked! No more worrying about bills, food, shelter… and GOBS of time to read books. Pretty smooth, dawg.

Chad Vader, Night Shift Manager: Episode 4. Man, I love this crap. (Episode 3 is on there, in case you missed it.)

Extremely slow-motion slap across the face. Who knew your nose wiggled when you got smacked? Maybe that guy’s got a floppy-ass nose.

An art teacher was fired after her students saw a nude sculpture at a museum, during their field trip. You’ve got to be kidding me. America: Land of the prude.