This is teh coolness: evidence of recent water flow on Mars. Recent as in six — that’s right; not six million, not six thousand, but six — years.

(What I want to know is, where are the thoats?)

Okay, I was going to do this cute and fluffy post and had even posted it. You can see it below…

This is the face of Evil:	Which reminds me of this, the small South American primate of Evil	And this, the Turkey Vulture of Evil and cleaning up other creatures carcasses,
And this, the face of evil from the Pit of Ultimate Darkness (video)	And this is the Action Figure of Evil

Are we all clear on that? Quiz next wednesday, third period.

…but then I drove my daughter to school.

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Last night I got to see the world premiere of ten short plays by high school students, done as staged readings by the Magic Theatre company as part of the Young California Writers Program. The plays were all smart and often fanciful and funny–a play about the girl whose new retainer coaches her through talking with the guy she has a crush on; one where an Asian pop star recounts how his mother threw him out when he got a B in one subject, thereby forcing him to make his fortune as a musician; a goofy parody, occasionally in rhyme, of Restoration comedy (”Luckily I have two salamis with me!”); and Dr. Prostate, a surreal piece about a doctor who keeps injecting people with “needles filled with STDs!” Some of them were touching. All of them were well done. My favorite–and I know you’ll think I’m biased, and I am, but I also think I’m right, was a play called Saint. Its author, a lovely, lanky, very intelligent young woman, also happens to be my daughter, Sarcasm Girl.

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I was going to post this on Saturday, but changed my mind at the last minute.

I found this the other day. Thought y’all might find it amusing.