odds & ends

1. Justice Stevens is retiring from the US Supreme Court and the interwebs are abuzz with speculation about who Obama will appoint to take Stevens' seat. This article (linked here) is an excellent write-up of a different kind of diversity, sorely lacking on the bench.

2. How f*cked up is Facebook? Rather, how f*gazied are the people on Facebook? Apparently enough so that an application called "Follow Me After I Die" has been created, which allows users to stay connected from beyond the grave. Holy Murphy! The application allows for the creation and dissemination of a final facebook status -- an after-life status message if you will. Like what: "It's all good; I just ran into the Philly Cream Cheese lady and there are bagels for everyone!".

3. I see London, I see France. Well I only saw London, and it was one altogether too short exhausting week of wedding fun & merriment. The two muppets (happily married couple) are on their honeymoon, leaving the rest of us to pick our sleep-deprived selves up from the floor and haul ass back to work.

4. Speaking of work: teaching rocks, marking sways. It's a necessarily evil, however, but who knew it would take so long to do! Not me.