- Eternal Image has a line of Star Trek caskets and urns. The caskets are inspired by the photon torpedo design in Khan. I guess this is for those Trekkies who don’t have enough cash to have their ashes shot into space.

- Dear local engineers working on plans to dome the city of Houston, as long as you include Katy and don’t raise my taxes then let’s DO IT!!

- I saw someone online today who named their daughter Murray. Uh, what? Murray, the little old man’s name. I’m not a fan of gender neutral names, but I hope at least it was a family name. (Then again, is Murray gender neutral. No. ) But even then, I think it would have been better as a middle name. Unless they are pronouncing it as Marie or something. Then don’t even get me started. We are going to name our next kid, boy or girl, Hieronymus. Oh yeah. If getting the most exotic/rare name is a contest then we will play to win, people. (I’m kidding, about the Hieronymus)

- Texas A&M just fired their president. She’ll be getting $425,000/yr through June 2010, then will go back to being a professor and make $260,000. Is THAT how much professors make these days? Because if it is, I’m really kicking myself for not going to grad school. You know, somehow I don’t think anyone, anywhere pays Art History professors that kind of $$. Oh well.