Po-Pureé

-- When National Geographic was a magazine produced by the National Geographic Society, it was a valuable resource for people who wanted to learn about the world and see things in it that they might never see otherwise. Once it became a TV channel, it quickly turned into the same exploitative trash signaling our downward cultural spiral as every other piece of reality show ordure.

-- Some burglars stole office equipment from a group that helps victims of sexual violence. Then they figured out who they'd robbed from and gave it back, along with a note of apology. That part is nice, but no pats on the back for people who will at some point in the future break into some other office and steal stuff that doesn't belong to them instead of getting jobs and contributing to their community. Want me to think you're a good person? Either don't steal in the first place or if you already have, turn yourself in.

-- By using heat to manipulate molecules, scientists painted a version of the Mona Lisa on a surface one-third the width of a human hair. The process is called ThermoChemical NanoLithography, which is, interestingly, long enough that to write it in via the same process that created the "Mini Lisa" would require an entire human hair.

-- Some Minnesota voters made the news when they elected someone to office whose qualifications for that office and understanding of the world may be a little sketchy. Oh, and one Minnesota town re-elected a four-year-old as mayor.

-- Hmm. Curiously, I find myself agreeing with Senator Rand Paul, who is sometimes kind of flaky and has some weird friends. But as he says, it's hard to be against this kind of use of unmanned drone aircraft. I suggest Domino's Pizza look into this idea very very soon.