S-S-S-Saturday Night ONT [Ben]

The cover for Lindsey Lohan’s Playboy has been leaked. It’s amazing what makeup, lighting, different camera lenses, and photoshop can do. She almost looks attractive in that photo.

It’s really a shame how far she’s fallen. And to think I used to sift through her garbage looking for discarded toothbrushes and dryer lint.

How To Get Fired From Work: Volume VII
A PA man published a fake obituary for his living mother so he could get paid bereavement time off of work.

Democrat editor Randy Bartley says he accepted the obituary in good faith after being unable to confirm the funeral arrangements at press time. He told The Derrick newspaper on Friday that the woman was very understanding.

What do all these women have in common? (Guess before you click the link)

Candidates for Nat Geo’s “Photo of the Year”. Be sure to use the drop down menu at the link to see them all. Here are some of my favorites.

Awesome New Product Available in 2012: NeverWet Super Hydrophobic Spray-on Coating:

What Really Happened to Air France Flight 447
rdbrewer linked to this in the sidebar, but it really is worth your time. It's gut wrenching to read, especially since you know the outcome.

Unlike the control yokes of a Boeing jetliner, the side sticks on an Airbus are "asynchronous"—that is, they move independently. "If the person in the right seat is pulling back on the joystick, the person in the left seat doesn't feel it," says Dr. David Esser, a professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "Their stick doesn't move just because the other one does, unlike the old-fashioned mechanical systems like you find in small planes, where if you turn one, the [other] one turns the same way." Robert has no idea that, despite their conversation about descending, Bonin has continued to pull back on the side stick.

Videos on the Middle East
The Israel Foreign Ministry is trying their hand at educating people on Youtube. I think these videos are well done, accurate and even handed. It's important that the Palestinian narrative be rebutted with facts. Feel free to pass these along to friends or have your children watch them.

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