+ Although Miss Piggy was noticeably absent from the red carpet, the annual Jim Henson Awards were recently awarded to four companies and individuals who are carrying on the Muppet master's spirit of creativity. Honorees included My Billionaire Boyfriend (TM) Richard Branson, writer Neil Gaiman and the website etsy.com. The best part of the award? The trophy:
Way cooler than an Oscar!
+ This item's kind of a good news/bad news thing. The bad news? There's a fairly good chance humanity's going to fuck up the planet pretty bad -- yup, even worse than we already have. The good news? Whoever -- or whatever -- is left behind is going to have a fabulous seed collection. Yes, the doors opened recently on the cheerfully named Doomsday Seed Vault, which will serve as a repository to preserve and protect millions of seeds and crops in the event they get destroyed by climate change, war or natural disaster. I've been thinking of cataloging my Hostess Fruit Pie collection too but that one'll pretty much just benefit me. Sorry, humanity!
+ And finally, NASA is planning to crash two rockets into the Moon's surface to see if they can find hidden water ice. Ten bucks says they've got Gary Busey signed on to drive those bad boys. I'm guessing Busey will be unsuccessful in recruiting Jennifer Garner or Ryan Seacrest as co-pilot.
Special thanks to Trey for submitting the Henson award and Doomsday seed vault items.
7 comments:
I saw the Star Trek exhibition the weekend it opened in Long Beach - I think it may have moved on by now, actually, or will soon. My husband fulfilled a lifelong dream of sitting in Captain Kirk's chair (the real thing, from the actual bridge set). If you've seen The Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas you've seen some of the stuff on the tour, but if not - if its mission brings it near you, go and see it!
What has two thumbs and will never go to any sort of Star Trek event other than being dragged to a ST movie?
This guy!
*picture me with both hands with the thumbs up sign pointing at myself when I said "This guy!"*
The paranoid part of me just knows crashing rockets into the moon is going to knock it out of its natural rotation and hence fuck up its gravitational pull and inevitably kill us faster than climate change.
Ha ha, sweetie, it's cute that you think that. :-)
Jessica, I was totally worried about that, too. Don't these scientists watch Bruckheimer movies? This kind of stuff is dangerous!
You called dibs?
Bummer.
I can be second, though, right? I mean, I tried Earl Grey tea because of him...
The hubby - you're totally missing out on the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas, then. It has rides!
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