Just tow those asteroids away with a space tractor!

I managed to get leaves raked last night, but there’s still one last lawnmowing, winterizer to spread, landscaping plastic to put down…I’m not ready for six inches of snow tonight. Fortunately, I found this homemade snow-clearing device.

I don’t know what’s worse…the paranoids who discuss the effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies (AFDB) in great scientific detail or that someone actually did an MIT study to show that they don’t work. But I must admit, just seeing the pictures from the MIT test is worth the study. You also have to love…

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) worm plays nasty new trick

Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Dead at 96 Simon Wiesenthal…who helped find one-time SS leader Adolf Eichmann and the policeman who arrested Anne Frank, died in his sleep at his home in Vienna… A survivor of five Nazi death camps, Wiesenthal changed his life’s mission after the war, dedicating himself to tracking down Nazi war criminals…

Woman complains to cops after hitman she hired fails to get the job done

From the Washington Post article “President Makes His 3rd Visit to Gulf Coast” (emphasis mine): Bush was scheduled to spend the night on the USS Iowa Jima, an amphibious assault ship that is the recovery command center.

Bob Denver, TV’s Gilligan, dead at 70

I got thanked on the Best of the Web again. The airbus joke was mine. (Yes, again. I’ve previously sent in The Taiwan joke and the time capsule Onion link. I don’t even remember which items I submitted on this page and this one, so don’t ask.)

Rod D. Murgatroyd reveals the origin of the word Murgatroyd, his family name. A constable appointed by the king chose to rename himself Johanus de Morgateroyde, or John of Moor Gate Royde. Moor-gate-royd roughly translates to “the clearing on the way to the moor.” What an impressive title. And I thought it was spelled Mercatroid…