"Do you want to play funkier bass? Sure, we all do!"

Now you can learn from the comfort of your own home, thanks to "Professor" Bootsy Collins' online Funk University:

http://www.thefunkuniversity.com/

...with undiminished wonder

"as long as there have been humans
we have searched for our place in the cosmos
where are we?
who are we?

"we find that we live on an insignificant planet
of a humdrum star
lost in a galaxy
tucked away in some forgotten corner
of a universe
in which there are far more galaxies
than people

"we make our world significant
by the courage of our questions
and by the depth of our answers

"we embarked on our journey to the stars
with a question first framed
in the childhood of our species
and in each generation
asked anew
with undiminished wonder:

"what are the stars?"


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081846/videogallery

Black like my heart...

The Dixon Ticonderoga #2, aka The World's Greatest Pencil (says so right on the box), now comes in black, with a black eraser.

word.

https://www.dixonusa.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=shop.product&prdIndex=58

"And this is my receipt for your receipt."

This is the kinda crap that makes me want to curl up at the bottom of a gin bottle & pull the cork in after myself (or maybe stuff a burning rag in the top & hurl it at the nearest lawyer):

"The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (Dec. 11, 1980), codified in part at Subchapter I of Chapter 35 of Title 44 of the United States Code, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 through 44 U.S.C. § 3521 [is] intended to reduce the total amount of paperwork handled by the United States government and the general public.

"The Paperwork Reduction Act mandates that all federal government agencies must obtain a Control Number from the Office of Management and Budget before promulgating a form that will impose an information collection burden on the general public.
Once obtained, approval must be renewed every three years. In order to obtain or renew such approval, an agency must fill out OMB Form 83-I, attach the proposed form, and file it with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
On Form 83-I, the agency must explain the reason why the form is needed and estimate the burden in terms of time and money that the form will impose upon the persons required to fill it out."

It's that last line that kills me. You have to fill out forms & submit them in order to get the right paperwork so you can send other people forms to fill out.

Go here to download the 7 page form, then fill it out, attach all appropriate forms & mail it in: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/83i-fill.pdf

You know, to help reduce government paperwork.

d'oh!

Yes that's a staple. And yes, that's my finger. And yes, I'm just that clumsy sometimes.

word.

MP3:
http://www.symphonyofscience.com