Thursday miscellanea #168

• We’re planning to visit seven angels today.
• OK, son, check it out:  I tell you well in advance what time the video game is going off so you can plan.  If it’s 3:55, and I’ve already told you 30 minutes ago that I’m turning the video game off at 4:00, and you start a game that you know takes 10 minutes, then it is your fault that you lose it, not mine.
• Speaking of, 2012 is really looking awesome for game releases.  Add Grand Theft Auto V to Halo 4 and Bioshock Infinite.
• Would you guess that 5,500 items had been recovered from the Titanic?  They’re slated for auction next year, but good luck snagging something for your shelf, as the current plan is a single lot estimated at $189,000,000.
• Today is apparently Dump GoDaddy Day.  I tend to agree with the article that this outrage over GoDaddy’s ambiguity toward SOPA is insufficient to take GoDaddy down, but I do find it morbidly fascinating that they’ve handled this so clumsily.
• The Smoking Gun usually does a fabulous job of restoring my faith in humanity.  I mean, this young lady actually had her friend hold her infant daughter before she and her husband had sex on a city bus.
• You know the numerical rating system on the Internet Movie Database?  This one goes to 11.

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