This is probably my "I feel old" moment for today. I remember seeing the Enterprise test flights on TV before a lot of the readers here were born. Watching the last launch this morning reminded me that I will probably never achieve one of my childhood dreams of going into space.

I prefer my evil twins with goatees.

For some reason, this simple concept (the relative speeds of different parts of a wheel rolling over ground) took me a while to grasp in my Dynamics class. But things like angular momentum require understanding it so I had no choice but to figure it out.

MegaKangarat vs TreeCroc.

My dry, deadpan humor often doesn't translate well to the internet. I realize they have to pay the bills but that Prius better not the key to escaping the comic world.

Wait. You mean there's an easier way for aliens to get water than invading Earth?

The Warehouse 13 webisodes are called "Of Monsters and Men". Fortunately for Artie, Pete, and Claudia the Prius got sucked into the comic with them. Is Toyota going to be doing Eureka-style subtle product placement this season?

It's 0600 for us here in California when these get posted. Obviously you're on the wrong continent. ;)

Wow. I really want to see a movie about that transforming penguin.

The city is called Beijing but it's still Peking University [english.pku.edu.cn]

The arrangement gives the weevils more range of motion - 130 degrees in the middle and rear leg. [www.physorg.com]

And I bet he gives Sauron attitude like he did with Vader.

Hmm. What if the robot ended up with the personality of a teenage girl? But of course no one would be foolish enough to do that, right?

Cool. But it could use the Bayhem treatment - explosions, lingerie models, and people looking up.

You missed a step.

but there hasn't been a man on the moon in my lifetime.

But Outcasts is new to us in America who waited to watch it without using "dubious means".

What's with the bomb at the top of the page? Is that a Torchwood tie-in?

Time to stock up on canned tuna, Spam, and ammo.

That Prometheus bit seems to fit in with the rumored plot mentioned yesterday.