Line of the Day: 2015-06-28

I wage civilization, motherfucker.
    -- Thers

Usually, cosmic rays are the scapegoat of last resort, aren't they?

Let the image rehabilitation begin!

Eight days of silence followed until, as engineers expected, a high-speed charged particle zipping through space fortuitously scrambled part of the computer’s memory and caused the computer to restart.

Emphasis added.

Also, unfurled selfies!

Glad we got that cleared up

Global airlines announced on Tuesday a new guideline that recommends even smaller carry-on bags … The guideline, which is not binding … While details of how the guideline will be put into effect are murky, and would vary from airline to airline …  … The trade group says the new guideline will not necessarily replace each airline’s rules on bag size, but gives them a uniform measurement that “will help iron out inconsistencies.”

It's hard to love airlines. They have so much baggage.

Snort

Pretty funny caption on Deadspin, beginning:

Michelle Rhee attempts thought leadership ...

Main point of the story surprised me: I did not know that there's all this hate for Kevin Johnson. (I also did not know the two were married.)

In conclusion, charter schools still seem terrible every time reality intrudes.

Line of the Day: 2015-06-05

Never have I been so grateful to have been so wrong.

... and ...

We are witnessing the emergence of a post-terror generation, one that rejects a worldview defined by a singular tragedy.

From an op-ed of considered hope, by one of my heroes, Edward J. Snowden.

Feel-good story

How can you not like this?

The stars of the “The Big Bang Theory” will be putting their very big paychecks to good use. Actors on the sitcom, as well as members of the crew and the CBS show’s co-creator Chuck Lorre, have created a scholarship at the Univerity of California, Los Angeles, for science students seeking financial aid.

The Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment has already raised more than $4 million, including gifts from the stars Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Johnny Galecki, and Mayim Bialik. Scholarships will be awarded to 20 low-income science students this fall, and five students per year going forward.

And I know you'll like this, from the same show, some time ago.