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There now exists, no doubt as a direct consequence of the Lord of the Rings series, the site RunPee.com.

Say you'd like to go see a movie, but figure you may well have to hit the bathroom at some time. RunPee tells you when the best time during the movie to leave (briefly) will be, and (if you'd like) what will be going on.

Covers current movies as well as archived movies. (Movies are archived two months after release, according to the home page.)

It's a beta site, so presumably it's still a work in progress. Still...pretty cool. It's raw and gives you not only a good time when nothing's happening but also an idea of how much time you've got. I'm not sure when I'd actually use this (I don't want to miss a thing when I first watch movies), but still fun for the commentary at least. Check out Ghosts of Girlfriends Past for a good run-and-pee time to see what I mean.

Enjoy.

The word of the day is: gongoozler.

That is all.

Over at New Scientist there's a great article on how lab conditions give rise more easily to "living" stuff much much more easily than previously supposed.

As in, it's happened in a lab. Fairly quickly.

I know the hardcore creationists won't bother listening to this or have any idea what it implies, but for those of us who care about actual reality- it's just amazing.

Read the whole thing and see if it doesn't thrill you, too.

I present to you Item 28 in a series of infinity of the phenomenon of Way Too Much Freetime.

Voici:

Over at boingboing was a video featuring a guy doing "Crazy Train", the classic Ozzy song, on Ellen DeGeneres' show.

And the guy is nine years old.

And he raaawks.

I had to watch this three times before the bigass goofy grin on my face started fading enough to compose actual thought.

Even if (may God himself heal your soul) you don't care for Ozzy and never heard of "Crazy Train" (you poor unfortunate empty shell of a human), it's amazing when this kid actually gets to meet his idol right after performing in front of a live audience a world away from home. And watching his idol lead applause for him.

Ozzy even looked like his old self, the one who actually knew where he was and what he was doing and not the one looking for this month's large-print Reader's Digest.

Even if this kid never does anything else ever, ever, ever...he's got enough story to last his lifetime.

Ozzy Osbourne: the other classical music.

Totally independent corroboration of something that wasn't that secret anyway.

Tone Loc is the best one-hit-wonder producer ever. But, you say, he had TWO big hits. He had Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing.

Nuh-uh, I say. They're the same song.

(And Paul at Paul's Pond is absolutely right. It is even better with headphones. Follow the link and you'll see.)

Sure, there are some minor lyric changes, but every bit of both songs maps onto each other perfectly.

Aaaaand, as an added bonus, you'll have it in your head for a good hour after listening to them both side-to-side.

You're welcome.