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Hello world! This is the last free weekend for me before the summer encampment, and I'm taking a break from cleaning and organizing and emailing and planning to bring you news and entertainment. Aren't you lucky?

Russian police say a boss allegedly chained an employee naked to a tree in the forest for doing his work poorly. Wow. So no matter how bad of a day you're having at work, always remember it could be worse.

Special forces to use strap-on 'Batwings' I have no commentary. That's just nifty.

Top Ten Myths About Evolution Some interesting thoughts and ideas. I'm not sure what they're talking about on some of it, but I think they have some valid points.

Cervical cancer vaccine approved Sexually transmitted disease treatment raises ethics debate
Someone is going to have to explain this one to me. We have a vaccine that almost eliminates the chance of someone getting a nasty, horrible, sometimes FATAL disease, and we're worried that it might imply they should go forth and have sex? I'm sure there's plenty of evidence that after we get the flu shot each year, we decide to throw caution to the wind and go hang out with people suffering from the flu, too. "Cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer among women worldwide, and the third-most fatal, causing 290,000 deaths a year."

On a completely different note, make a lego model of yourself here. I now think I may have linked to this before, but it is very fun.

Also very fun is my new video game Space Rangers 2. It isn't as popular in the US as I think it should be. This is an amazing game, with no set items you must accomplish. You can fly around and attack other ships, scavenge for minerals to sell, buy and sell items on different planets for profits, complete planet government quests, or wage war with the evil Dominators. You control everything, from what equipment your ship uses to how to use your experience points. You can sell Dominator equipment to the highest bidder or give away to be used for research. There is a Starcraft type mini-game involved that you can play (but don't have to), and hundreds of text based quests that challenge problem solving skills. Hop into a black hole and take on the Dominators in a real-time arcade type challenge. I have played it so much this week that my arm is sore from doing nothing but moving the mouse around for hours at a time.

Keeping in line with current events, since sometimes I pay attention to them: Top 12 Reasons Homosexual Marriage Should Not Be Legal Sarcasm as a persuasion tool. I love it. :)

Top 10 Strangest Spy Gadgets I want some! I don't know what I'd use a motion dectecting phone for, but you never know who might be attempting to steal high-security items from my apartment!

And now before I return to cleaning and plotting, Feisty Woman, 86, Teaches Mugger A Lesson
"She's 86, had five strokes, a broken hip and Wednesday, Elisabeth Rubin fought a mugger to a draw not far from Madison Square Garden."